Inspired by the earlier work of Paul Cuffee, it was established in a meeting at the Davis Hotel, with Bushrod Washington serving as its first leader.
This group fired agent Loring D. Dewey after he misrepresented his role to President Jean-Pierre Boyer. This group sent Eli Ayers to join Commodore Robert Stockton to obtain land by forcing "King Peter" to sign a treaty. Another of this group's agents, Jehudi Ashmun, founded the newspaper The Intelligencer. Inspired by the earlier work of Paul Cuffee, it was established in a meeting at the Davis Hotel, with Bushrod Washington serving as its first leader. Founded by Richard Bland Lee, John Randolph of Roanoke, and Henry Clay, this organization maintained offices next to the headquarters of the True Whig Party in the foreign capital of Monrovia. It helped found the colony of Liberia. For 10 points, name this nineteenth century group which wanted to free the slaves in the U.S. for the purposes of "returning" them to Africa.
This group fired agent Loring D. Dewey after he misrepresented his role to President Jean-Pierre Boyer.
{American Colonization Society} [or {ACS}; or The {Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America}]