07/19/1860
American Colonization Society charter ship transporting rescued Africans to Liberia sails from Key West, Florida Lawmaking/Litigating
01/16/1860
American Colonization Society holds its forty-third annual meeting in Washington D.C. Cultural
07/15/1860
First American Colonization Society charter ship transporting rescued Africans to Liberia sails from Key West, Florida Slavery/Abolition
07/26/1847
Joseph Jenkins Roberts declares the creation of the independent Republic of Liberia Slavery/Abolition
01/03/1848
Joseph Jenkins Roberts inaugurated as the first president of newly independent Liberia Slavery/Abolition
01/26/1857
Lincoln elected as officer of Illinois State Colonization Society Legal/Political
05/19/1860
President Buchanan asks Congress for funding to transport rescued African slaves to Liberia Slavery/Abolition
01/16/1866
The American Colonization Society holds its forty-ninth annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Campaigns/Elections
07/26/1860
The Republic of Liberia celebrates the thirteenth anniversary of its independence Slavery/Abolition
09/20/1858
The U.S.S. Niagara sails from Charleston for Liberia carrying the Africans freed from the slave ship Echo Slavery/Abolition
05/24/1860
U.S. Government contracts with American Colonization Society to transport rescued African slaves to Liberia Slavery/Abolition
04/30/1860
U.S. Navy delivers captured American slave ship with 507 African slaves aboard to Key West, Florida Slavery/Abolition
