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The American Colonization Society (in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America) was an organisation that founded Liberia, a colony on the coast of West Africa, in 1822 and transported free blacks there from the United States. Some say it was a racist society, while others point to its benevolent origins and later takeover by men with visions of an American empire in Africa. The Society closely controlled the development of Liberia until 1847, when it was declared to be an independent republic. By 1867, the ACS had assisted in the movement of more than 13,000 Americans to Liberia. The organization was formally dissolved in 1964.
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The society was supported by Southerners fearful of organized revolt by free blacks, by Northerners concerned that an influx of black workers would hurt the economic opportunities of indigent white, by some who opposed slavery but did not favor integration, and by many blacks who saw a return to Africa as the best solution to their troubles.