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Sending Black People to Africa
07:33 - 16:05 (08:31)
This episode discusses the idea of sending free Black people to Africa as a solution to the problem of slavery and racism in North America, and the flawed reasoning and motivations behind it.
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The idea of sending black people back to Africa to end slavery was flawed and disregarded the opinions of black people and their experiences in America, as discussed in this podcast episode.
07:33 - 11:47 (04:13)
African colonization
Summary
The idea of sending black people back to Africa to end slavery was flawed and disregarded the opinions of black people and their experiences in America, as discussed in this podcast episode.
ChapterSending Black People to Africa
EpisodePart One: General Butt-Naked and the Liberian Civil War
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Slave owners in the United States wanted to push for an African colony for freed slaves in order to eliminate free black people from North America.
11:47 - 16:05 (04:18)
Abolition Movement
Summary
Slave owners in the United States wanted to push for an African colony for freed slaves in order to eliminate free black people from North America. They saw free black people as competition to their profit from slave labor, and did not want them to organize and potentially abolish slavery.