Ousmane K. Power-Greene
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479823178
- eISBN:
- 9781479876693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479823178.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter examines the rebirth of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and the colonization movement in America during the period 1840–1854. As the 1850s approached, colonization gathered ...
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This chapter examines the rebirth of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and the colonization movement in America during the period 1840–1854. As the 1850s approached, colonization gathered strength and whites united across class lines in support of the ACS project, turning colonizationism into a moderate position in a nation divided over slavery. The ACS gained new adherents in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, thus giving the organization a new lease of life. This chapter considers how colonization ideology was utilized by pro-colonization forces, particularly in the Midwest and West, to undermine the ability of African Americans to gain citizenship status in the newly formed states. It also shows how anticolonization emerged as a crucial factor in free blacks' struggle against white racist policy.Less
This chapter examines the rebirth of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and the colonization movement in America during the period 1840–1854. As the 1850s approached, colonization gathered strength and whites united across class lines in support of the ACS project, turning colonizationism into a moderate position in a nation divided over slavery. The ACS gained new adherents in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, thus giving the organization a new lease of life. This chapter considers how colonization ideology was utilized by pro-colonization forces, particularly in the Midwest and West, to undermine the ability of African Americans to gain citizenship status in the newly formed states. It also shows how anticolonization emerged as a crucial factor in free blacks' struggle against white racist policy.
