In 1817, in Washington, D.C., the ACS established the new colony (on a tract ... is no evidence that any freed African-American was forcibly sent to Liberia from Maryland or anywhere else.

There was a catch, however: They could have their freedom only so long as they agreed to go to Liberia, the African colony set up by ... Georgia and Maryland). They cleared land for huge ...

He went to Liberia as the colonial secretary for the ACS in 1830. There, he established the first Western-style newspaper in Africa, The LiberiaHerald, and was appointed governor of the Maryland ...

Reports have reached this country that another step has just been enacted in the attempt of British-born negroes to sell America's Liberia. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The liberation of Africa from colonial rule ... Edwood Dennis reports. Maryland County Senator, H. Dan Morias, has warned high ranking officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) not to ...

Roberts was one of only a few thousand African Americans who left the U.S. to help build a new colony ... Maryland and Ohio ...

which urged African Americans to immigrate to an African colony that would later become the independent nation of Liberia. Maryland decided to go its own way, eventually supporting an enclave of ...