1h 37min, jul 2, 1817 y - 1817 The American Colonization Society is founded
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Cuffee and Ashmun (2010) state that, ¨The American Colonization Society was formed to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States.¨ This is important because this was an effort to remove the problem instead of address the underlying issue of the nation; slavery.Added to timeline:
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1h 37min, jul 2, 1817 y
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~ 208 years ago