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Events on Sunday 6 February 1820 1
1820First settlers sail for West Africa under American colonization planShip Elizabeth departs New York for Sierra LeoneThe American Colonization Society sent the Elizabeth from New York carrying free Black Americans intending to resettle in West Africa. The venture, backed by figures who hoped to encourage free Black emigration, laid groundwork for the later founding of Liberia.