It been when 86 free African Americans left New York Harbor aboard the ship the Elizabeth,which was called the Mayflower of Liberia.They were bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, a country that welcomed free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.It arrived on March 9th of that year.Tuesday, April 5, 2016
"Mayflower of Liberia" 1820.
It been when 86 free African Americans left New York Harbor aboard the ship the Elizabeth,which was called the Mayflower of Liberia.They were bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, a country that welcomed free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.It arrived on March 9th of that year.
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