PLATTSBURGH \u2014 The American Colonization Society received $100,000 by the U.S. government in 1819 to underwrite the resettlement of formerly enslaved Blacks and free Blacks on the African continent.<\/p>\n
Liberia was called \u201cLittle America\u201d by President James Monroe, for which the country\u2019s West African capital, Monrovia, is named for.<\/p>\n
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