Back-to-Africa movement
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title:
Back-to-Africa movement
text:
The back-to-Africa movement was a political movement in the 19th and 20th centuries advocating for a return of the descendants of African American slaves to the African continent. The movement originated from a widespread belief among some European Americans in the 18th and 19th century United States that African Americans would want to return to the continent of Africa. In general, the political movement was an overwhelming failure; very few former slaves wanted to move to Africa. The small num
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Political movement in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-Africa_movement
date created:
2006-12-07T08:32:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:43:56Z
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