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Constitution and Laws of Maryland in Liberia, published by the Maryland State Colonization Society, 1847. The Maryland State Colonization Society was the Maryland branch of the American Colonization Society, an organization founded in 1816 with the purpose of returning free African Americans to what many Southerners considered greater freedom in Africa.
After his resignation, he returned to the United States. Hall continued work with the Maryland State Colonization Society, as a general agent, as well as with the American Colonization Society, as a commercial agent, from 1840 to 1861. [1] The colony Hall founded gained independence in 1854, but was annexed by Liberia in 1857.
The Maryland State Colonization Society was originally a branch of the American Colonization Society, which had founded the colony of Liberia at Monrovia on January 7, 1822. The Maryland Society decided to establish a new settlement of its own to accommodate its emigrants and with the intention of controlling trade to its colony.
Russwurm became supportive of the American Colonization Society's efforts to develop a colony for African Americans in Africa, and he moved in 1829 to what became Liberia. In 1836 Russwurm was selected as governor of Maryland in Africa, a small colony set up nearby by the Maryland State Colonization Society. He served there until his death.
George's son-in-law, John Brown Russwurm, became the first governor of the colony established by this separate colonization society. [ 1 ] In the fall of 1835, George contacted Moses Sheppard , a former member of the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Colonization Society, to ask for assistance in raising funds for Samuel to attend ...
Thomas Jackson was prominent and influential in the affairs of the colony. He was appointed an assistant Agent by the Maryland State Colonization Society in 1835 and became a magistrate, 1837 - 1848. Thomas Jackson later married Anna Maria Scott a manumitted slave from Talbot County in 1837.
The Maryland State Colonization Society was established in Maryland in the United States in 1830. [2] The group established the Maryland Colony in Africa on 22 February 1834. [ 3 ] After Liberia declared independence in 1847, the desire for independence also grew in Maryland, and the settlers presented a petition to the authorities for a ...
The Maryland State Colonization Society was established in Maryland in the United States in 1830. [1] The group established the Maryland Colony in Africa on 22 February 1834. [2] After Liberia declared independence in 1847, the desire for independence also grew in Maryland, and the settlers presented a petition to the authorities for a referendum.