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11. When was the American Colonization Society established?

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The American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed in 1817.

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It was made to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States. In 1822, the society established on the west coast of Africa a colony that in 1847 became the independent nation of Liberia.

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