Colonization Society lottery ticket

Description:	In the early 1800s, Americans continued to struggle with slavery. Though slavery was known as the “Peculiar Institution” of southern states, many northerners were also afraid of free African-Americans. Some white abolitionists, people who wished to eliminate slavery, began the American Colonization Society. Supporters, including Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and Reverend Robert Finley, suggested free African-Americans could live in Liberia, Africa. In 1857, to raise money for families to move to Africa, H. Nophsinger sold chances to win farms or mining lands as well as money and gold. About 11,000 African-Americans resettled in Liberia, however, many free African-Americans did not want to leave the only home they had ever known, the United States of America.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1328
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Subjects:	Antislavery movements Liberia -- History 19th century

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