One group dedicated to this idea was co-founded by Richard Bland Lee. Both Jehudi Ashmun andRobert Stockton promoted this idea by forcing King Peter to sell land to them. The first president of agroup dedicated to this plan was Bushrod Washington, and Henry Clay also led that group from 1836 to1849. One of the first ventures for it placed 88 people aboard the ship Elizabeth. Abraham Lincolneventually abandoned his support for this plan, which fir
One group dedicated to this idea was co-founded by Richard Bland Lee. Both Jehudi Ashmun andRobert Stockton promoted this idea by forcing King Peter to sell land to them. The first president of agroup dedicated to this plan was Bushrod Washington, and Henry Clay also led that group from 1836 to1849. One of the first ventures for it placed 88 people aboard the ship Elizabeth. Abraham Lincolneventually abandoned his support for this plan, which first gained popularity after Gabriel Prosser'srebellion. This plan's most notable result was a colony led by Joseph Jenkins Roberts, which became thefuture country of Liberia. For 10 points, identify this plan for returning freed blacks in the United States totheir home continent.
One group dedicated to this idea was co-founded by Richard Bland Lee.
African colonization [or back to Africa movement; or anything about blacks going to Africa]