Information
Name: Mississippi in Africa
Type: Polity
Start: 1836
End: 1839
Groups:
US Colonies in Liberia
Mississippi in Africa: All Data
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Was one of the private colonies of the American Colonization Society (ACS) founded in Liberia that would later merge to form the Commonwealth of Liberia (a predecessor of modern-day Liberia). It was located in the modern-day Liberian county of Sinoe. The ACS was an organization that encouraged and supported the migration African-Americans to Africa.