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American Colonization Society

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An organization founded by white leaders in the early nineteenth century that sought to exile the growing free Black population to Africa.

AP course connection

Topic 2.10: 2.10 Black Pride, Identity, and the Question of Naming

Unit 2

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