The ''African Repository and Colonial Journal'', title simplified in 1850 to the ''African Repository'', was the official publication of the
American Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America until 1837, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the migration of freebor ...
, which supported the migration of free American Blacks to Africa, specifically to its colony of
Liberia. 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 mo ...
.
The ''African Repository'' was edited for 25 years by
Ralph Randolph Gurley, an American Colonization Society administrator.
References
External links
Index to volumes 1-10Link 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.
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