Report on colonization for 1863 to the state board

Description:	This 1863 report on the colonization movement is authored by William W. Wick (1796-1868), the Secretary of the State Board of Colonization. It is addressed to the Colonization Board, but intended for members of the legislature and general public. Wick writes to report the total failure of the Colonization Movement, which he attributes to the ambition of formerly enslaved people to be equal in social status to white Americans. He cites only two or three applications from 1852-1856 and only two or three inquiries on the subject in 1863. The Colonization Movement advocated for free people of color to be relocated in a colony in Liberia, Africa. Premised on the idea that racial equality and integration would be impossible, the movement was criticized for undermining abolition and anti-slavery efforts. People of color showed little interest in leaving the United States and viewed the movement negatively.
Origin:	1864
Created By:	Wick, William W., 1796-1868
Publisher:	Joseph J. Bingham (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll37/id/2637
Collection:	Indiana State Agency Documents
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	African Americans--History African Americans--Indiana African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964 Back to Africa movement Colonization Emigrants Emigration and immigration Government documents Liberia Indiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

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