Kentucky in Africa
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kentucky-in-africa-207-10683045
title:
Kentucky in Africa
text:
Kentucky in Africa was a colony in present-day Montserrado County, Liberia, founded in 1828 and settled by American free people of color, many of them former slaves. A state affiliate of the American Colonization Society, the Kentucky State Colonization Society raised money to transport people of color from Kentucky—freeborn volunteers as well as enslaved individuals set free on the condition that they leave the United States for Liberia. The Kentucky society bought a 40-square-mile (100 km) si
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description:
Colony founded in Liberia, 1828, by American free people of color
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_in_Africa
date created:
2008-12-08T05:38:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:02:59Z
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