Category: Africa

James Madison and the American Colonization Society

James Madison and the American Colonization Society

(AmRen) The ACS counted some of the greatest men in American history among its officers, including Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, James Monroe, Stephen Douglas, John Randolph, William Seward, Francis Scott Key, General Winfield Scott, John Marshall and Roger Taney. The ACS sought to send blacks back to Africa and achieved some success by founding Liberia.

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