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Nathaniel Paul

Martin Delany

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In the meeting of forming British African Colonization Society held in London in July 1833, Nathaniel Paul, an abolitionist in support of William Lloyd Garrison's "Thoughts on African Colonization," argued that a significant number of opponents, including Black Americans in prominent cities of America, found inequality towards the Society because according to him, they were the ones who had remarkably contributed and fought to protect this country as their home through a historical period of generations. However, this Society was then trying to forcefully send them back to their ancestors' lands as, by that time, they were considered at risk for rebellion in the name of emancipation. In contrast, the new Europeans who had not been part of this country in such events were instead welcomed to settle here.

Martin Delany

According to Martin Delany, a supporter of African Americans' emigration from the United States to other regions, the creation of a republic that was to exit the rising of slavery and racism toward free black people in America was a significant movement to gain independence for them, in contrast to the ideology of staying and fighting for the equality of civil rights of Frederick Douglass. He suggested other destinations, such as Central America, the West Indies, or Mexico, where Black people could be more likely to thrive and emphasize their freedom against the influence of White people.