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04-15-2013, 05:49 AM
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american colonization society
I know that Lincoln supported colonization most of his life, but was he an actual member of the American Colonization Society? thank you.
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04-15-2013, 08:18 AM
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RE: american colonization society
Mike, I have a book by Gerald Prokopowicz that says Lincoln was a member of the Illinois State Colonization Society but not the American Colonization Society.
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04-15-2013, 08:33 AM
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RE: american colonization society
I have never studied the American Colonization Society in depth, but I have always had the feeling that they operated more on a state-by-state basis than a large national movement. I know they were popular in Maryland for awhile. There was actually a Slaveholders' Convention in Baltimore in the 1850s where colonization was proposed as one of the alternatives. I have tried to find out details on this convention because some of the names were Prince George's County leaders.
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