About Going to Liberia Pamphlet

Description:	Informational pamphlet from the 1850s for free Black Americans interested in emigrating to Liberia. The American Colonization Society was an organization founded in 1816 that advocated for and supported efforts to send free Black Americans to Africa, particularly Liberia. It had a mixed reception from all interested parties: black, abolitionist, and white supremacist, but was generally accepted, if not popular, in the antebellum period. They were primarily responsible for establishing the Colony of Liberia in 1822, which later became the Republic of Liberia, an independent nation, in 1847. This pamphlet was in Indiana Gov. Joseph A. Whites collection, who was a staunch supporter of the colonization movement in the 1850s.
Origin:	1852
Created By:	The American Colonization Society
Contributor(s):	Scanned by Auber, Jenna, Imaging and Microfilm Technician
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll68/id/337
Collection:	Indiana Archives and Records Administration
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/;
Copyright:	No Known Copyright;
Subjects:	Black people--American--History Indiana--History African Americans--Colonization--Liberia Indiana State Board of Colonization American Colonization Society

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