Membership Certificate for the American Colonization Society
Artist
Henry Stone
(active 1822-1846)
Dateabout 1850
Mediumetching, engraving, and ink on cream wove paper
Dimensionssheet: 15.9 x 22.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCharles E. Goodspeed Collection
Object number1910.48.2977
Label TextRealizing that African Americans might never achieve full citizenship in the United States, in the nineteenth century many free citizens advocated for the establishment of a free black colony in Western Africa. This life membership certificate belonged to a supporter of the American Colonization Society, formed in 1817 to advance these colonization efforts. Society members had varying interests: some hoped colonization would eradicate slavery entirely, while others believed that the removal of free blacks would eliminate potential threats to slavery itself.On View
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