Kentucky in Africa

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Kentucky in Africa
1828–c. 1847
StatusColony (American Colonization Society)
CapitalClay-Ashland
GovernmentColonial
Historical eraImperialism
• Established
1828
• Disestablished
c. 1847
Area
• Total
100 km2 (39 sq mi)
Preceded by
American Colonization Society
Today part ofLiberia

Kentucky in Africa was a colony in present-day Montserrado County, Liberia, founded in 1828 and settled by American free people of color, many of them former slaves. A Kentucky state affiliate of the American Colonization Society, members raised money to transport black people from Kentucky — freeborn volunteers as well as slaves set free on the stipulation that they leave the United States — to Africa.[1] The Kentucky society bought a 40-square-mile (100 km2) site along the Saint Paul River (quite near the site of the present-day capital city of Monrovia) and named it Kentucky in Africa.[1] Clay-Ashland was the colony's main town.[1]

Notable residents of Kentucky in Africa include William D. Coleman, the 13th President of Liberia, whose family settled in Clay-Ashland after immigrating from Fayette County, Kentucky, when he was a boy.[2] Alfred Francis Russell, the 10th President of Liberia, also resided in Clay-Ashland.[3]

Kentucky in Africa was annexed by Liberia in about 1847.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kentucky in Africa" (special edition of Kentucky Life), Kentucky Educational Television (Aug. 15, 2005).
  2. ^ Liberia Past And Present, "President William David Coleman 1896 – 1900"
  3. ^ "Bluegrass Community & Technical College, "A Letter from Liberia: Reverend Alfred F. Russell to Robert Wickliffe in Lexington, Kentucky", July 3, 1855". Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2008.

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