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Why Did the American Colonization Society Acquire the Land in West

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Why did the American Colonization Society acquire the land in West Africa that eventually became the country of Liberia?


A) The Society saw it as a source of new slaves for the American South.
B) The Society saw it as a location to build a white nation on the African continent.
C) The Society saw it as a place to transport free blacks and freed slaves.
D) The Society saw it as a land they could rule over like a kingdom.
E) The Society saw it as a valuable source of coal and diamonds.

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