The American Colonization Society

“The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America” or “The American Colonization Society (ACS)” for short, was founded in 1816 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States. The Society was formed in an attempt to satisfy two groups. The first group was made up of philanthropists, clergy and abolitionists who wanted to free African slaves and their descendants and provide them with the opportunity to return to Africa. The other group was made up of slave owners who feared free people of color and wanted to expel them from America. - See more at: http://sixdaystillsunday.com/the-american-colonization-society/#sth...