A Kentucky state affiliate of the American Colonization Society was formed in 1828, and members raised money to transport Kentucky blacks — freeborn volunteers as well as slaves set free on the stipulation that they leave the United States — to Africa. KET, Program 1106, "Kentucky And Liberia "  The Kentucky society bought a site along the Saint Paul River  and named it Kentucky in Africa. Clay-Ashland was the colony's main town. 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.Liberia Past And Present, "President William David Coleman 1896 – 1900" Alfred F. Russell, the 9th President of Liberia, also resided in Clay-Ashland.Bluegrass Community & Technical College, "A Letter from Liberia: Reverend Alfred F. Russell to Robert Wickliffe in Lexington, Kentucky", July 3, 1855 Kentucky in Africa was annexed by Liberia about 1842.
A Kentucky state affiliate of the American Colonization Society was formed in 1828, and members raised money to transport Kentucky blacks — freeborn volunteers as well as slaves set free on the stipulation that they leave the United States — to Africa. "Kentucky in Africa " (special edition of Kentucky Life), Kentucky Educational Television (Aug. 15, 2005). The Kentucky society bought a site along the Saint Paul River (quite near the site of the present-day capital city of Monrovia) and named it Kentucky in Africa. Clay-Ashland was the colony's main town. 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.Liberia Past And Present, "President William David Coleman 1896 – 1900" Alfred Francis Russell, the 10th President of Liberia, also resided in Clay-Ashland.Bluegrass Community & Technical College, "A Letter from Liberia: Reverend Alfred F. Russell to Robert Wickliffe in Lexington, Kentucky", July 3, 1855 Kentucky in Africa was annexed by Liberia about 1847.
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1847.