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American Colonization Society charter ship transporting rescued Africans to Liberia sails from Key West, Florida |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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American Colonization Society holds its forty-third annual meeting in Washington D.C. |
Cultural |
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First American Colonization Society charter ship transporting rescued Africans to Liberia sails from Key West, Florida |
Slavery/Abolition |
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts declares the creation of the independent Republic of Liberia |
Slavery/Abolition |
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts inaugurated as the first president of newly independent Liberia |
Slavery/Abolition |
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Lincoln elected as officer of Illinois State Colonization Society |
Legal/Political |
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President Buchanan asks Congress for funding to transport rescued African slaves to Liberia |
Slavery/Abolition |
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The American Colonization Society holds its forty-ninth annual meeting in Washington, D.C. |
Campaigns/Elections |
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The Republic of Liberia celebrates the thirteenth anniversary of its independence |
Slavery/Abolition |
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The U.S.S. Niagara sails from Charleston for Liberia carrying the Africans freed from the slave ship Echo |
Slavery/Abolition |
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U.S. Government contracts with American Colonization Society to transport rescued African slaves to Liberia |
Slavery/Abolition |
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U.S. Navy delivers captured American slave ship with 507 African slaves aboard to Key West, Florida |
Slavery/Abolition |
