PBS

American Colonization Society

The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge, ...
PBS

American Colonization Society: a Memorial to the United States Congress

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: The President and Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society respectfully represent that, being about to commence the ...
Medium on MSN

5 of the Largest Native American Tribes Prior to Colonization

B efore European colonization reshaped the Americas, Native American tribes and nations thrived across the continent. Many of these groups built advanced societies with large populations, ...
Religion Dispatches

‘American Primeval’ Doesn’t Try to Get the History Right — Problem is, it Doesn’t Get Western Colonization Right, Either

American Primeval, Netflix’s flashy (and quite gory) new series depicts the clash between zealous Mormons, imperial federal troops, crude trappers, and bloodthirsty Natives. Think Under the Banner of ...
The Washington Post

An art mystery is solved, and a historic portrait goes on display

The painting of Mary Ann Tritt Cassell is likely the first known portrait commissioned by an American born into slavery. The painting was an heirloom, handed down through generations but unknown to ...
The Nation

America Has Done Mass Deportation Before

From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well. Among Donald Trump’s ...