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Paul Cuffee

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 African American emigrationist and abolitionist who was the first person to relocate African Americans from the United States to Africa, transporting 39 African Americans to Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1815.

AP course connection

Topic 2.18: 2.18 Debates About Emigration, Colonization, and Belonging in America

Unit 2

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