Watch! Receive email when more images or Member Discoveries are added.
WatchAmerican Colonization Society Free
The American Colonization Society was formed in Washington, DC, in 1817 to establish a colony in Africa for free people of color residing in the US. Most of the documents found here are letters between Liberia and representatives of the Society. Many cover fundraising issues relating to support and education in the newly-formed country. You will also find account books, annual reports, news clippings, and related manuscripts. The Society's most active period was prior to, and just after, the Civil War.…More
Examples
Recent discoveries in American Colonization Society
-
Annotation added: Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Added by: jailes (30 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
-
-
-
Annotation added: Emigrant List M.C. Stevens, July 1857
Added by: jailes (06 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
-
Annotation added: William Henry Ruffner
Added by: jailes (05 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
Annotation added: Bridgewater, Rockingham Co., Virginia
Added by: jailes (05 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
Annotation added: Emigrants by the Liberia Packet
Added by: jailes (04 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
Annotation added: Millwood, Frederick Co., Virginia
Added by: jailes (04 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
-
Annotation added: Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia
Added by: jailes (03 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
Annotation added: Huttonsville, Randolph Co., Virginia
Added by: jailes (02 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
Annotation added: Harper's Ferry, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Added by: jailes (01 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations -
Annotation added: Millwood, Clarke Co., Virginia
Added by: jailes (01 Jan 2012)
See all of jailes's Annotations
Popular Titles
WWII "Old Man's Draft" Registration Cards Updated
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Free
Civil War "Widows' Pensions" Updated
Brady Civil War Photos Free
Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII
Revolutionary War Service Records
Revolutionary War Pensions
WWII US Air Force Photos Free
Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index
War of 1812 Pension Files Free Updated
What people are saying
— Dick Eastman EOGNI could spend hours and hours poring through the documents available here.