... 1815, he made the first attempt to establish a black American colony in Africa, transporting several dozen people there. In 1817, shortly before Cuffe's death, the American Colonization Society was founded to accomplish his plan with greater efficiency. They founded the country of Liberia and between 1822 and 1861, nearly ... had been imposed on them by the "White Devils" and that they should drop their Christian last name and substitute it with the letter X until their true names were revealed to them. They were not allowed to drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes. Relationships between men...

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