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BBC

Bbc World Service: The Story of Africa: Slavery: Resettlement of Freed Slaves

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the resettlement initiatives in the 1800s when freed slaves were sent to live in Sierra Leone and Liberia in Africa, and some of the difficulties they faced there.
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Article
University of Michigan

Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association: Review

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the book, Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement, published in 2011, and written by Phillip W. Magness and Sebastian N. Page.
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Website
Other

Geni: American Abolitionist Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the history of the abolitionist movement in the United States, the key people involved, and important events.
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Article
Other

Wither Liberia? Civil War Emancipation and Freedmen Resettlement in West Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative article on efforts during Abraham Lincoln's administration to resettle freedmen to West Africa. (Published: 11/11/2012)