American Colonization Society

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_Colonization_Society

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:ACS
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1964
gptkbp:founded	1816
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Francis_Scott_Key gptkb:James_Madison gptkb:Daniel_Webster gptkb:Henry_Clay gptkb:Bushrod_Washington gptkb:Charles_Fenton_Mercer gptkb:Elias_B._Caldwell gptkb:John_Randolph gptkb:Richard_Bland_Lee gptkb:Robert_Finley gptkb:Samuel_John_Mills
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Liberia abolitionist movement African American emigration colonization movement
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:notableEvent	establishment of Monrovia
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln gptkb:Charles_Taylor gptkb:Ellen_Johnson_Sirleaf gptkb:Elliott_Cresson gptkb:Francis_Scott_Key gptkb:James_Madison gptkb:George_Weah gptkb:William_Jay gptkb:Daniel_Webster gptkb:James_Monroe gptkb:Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts gptkb:Henry_Clay gptkb:Alfred_Francis_Russell gptkb:Anthony_W._Gardiner gptkb:Arthur_Barclay gptkb:Bushrod_Washington gptkb:Charles_D._B._King gptkb:Charles_Fenton_Mercer gptkb:Daniel_Edward_Howard gptkb:Edward_James_Roye gptkb:Edwin_J._Barclay gptkb:Elias_B._Caldwell gptkb:Garretson_W._Gibson gptkb:Hilary_R._W._Johnson gptkb:James_Spriggs_Payne gptkb:John_B._Pinney gptkb:John_H._B._Latrobe gptkb:John_Randolph gptkb:Joseph_James_Cheeseman gptkb:Ralph_Randolph_Gurley gptkb:Richard_Bland_Lee gptkb:Samuel_Doe gptkb:Samuel_John_Mills gptkb:Stephen_Allen_Benson gptkb:William_H._Fitzhugh gptkb:William_Maxwell gptkb:William_McLain gptkb:William_R._Tolbert_Jr. gptkb:William_V._S._Tubman
gptkbp:notableProject	founding of Liberia
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:The_African_Repository
gptkbp:purpose	to resettle free African Americans in Africa
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:Liberia gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status	defunct
gptkbp:type	gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Liberia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American Colonization Society