American History Chap.12 -Section 2
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Why did most African Americans reject the society's goals?
Most of them were born in the United States and did not want to leave.
Which groups in the North were opposed to abolition? Why?
Northern textile mills, northern merchants, and northern workers were afraid the newly freed African Americans would take their jobs.
What solutions did the American Colonization Society propose to end slavery?
They proposed that slaves be freed gradually and transported to Liberia, a colony founded un 1822 in the west coast of Africa.
