The ''African Repository and Colonial Journal'', title simplified in 1850 to the ''African Repository'', was the official publication of the American Colonization Society, which supported the migration of free American Blacks to Africa, specifically to its colony of

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

. It began publication in 1825. The name of the magazine was changed in 1892 to ''Liberia''. It is a primary source for the early

history of Liberia Liberia is a country in West Africa founded by free people of color from the United States. The emigration of African Americans, both free and recently emancipated, was funded and organized by the American Colonization Society (ACS). The mort ...

. The ''African Repository'' was edited for 25 years by

Ralph Randolph Gurley Ralph Randolph Gurley (May 26, 1797 – July 30, 1872) was an American clergyman, an advocate of the separation of the races, and a major force for 50 years in the American Colonization Society. It offered passage to free black Americans to the ...

, an American Colonization Society administrator.

References

External links

Index to volumes 1-10

Link to digitized issues of the ''African Repository''
American colonization movement African-American magazines Defunct political magazines published in the United States History magazines published in the United States History of Liberia Magazines established in 1825 Magazines published in Washington, D.C. {{italic title