The Unauthorized History

History is whatever we say it is... & what a long strange trip it continues to be.

Apr 2, 2011 12:00pm

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1820 - the Mayflower of Liberia The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.

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