Briggs proposed an independent Negro nation on American territory, not Africa

Evidence

Departing from Garvey’s plan for a Negro state in Africa, he advanced the idea that the “race problem” could be solved by setting up an independent Negro nation on American territory. “Considering that the more we are outnumbered, the weaker we will get, and the weaker we get the less respect, justice or opportunity we will obtain, is it not time to consider a separate political existence, with a government that will represent, consider, and advance us?” he argued. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1021

Departing from Garvey’s plan for a Negro state in Africa, he advanced the idea that the “race problem” could be solved by setting up an independent Negro nation on American territory. “Considering that the more we are outnumbered, the weaker we will get, and the weaker we get the less respect, justice or opportunity we will obtain, is it not time to consider a separate political existence, with a government that will represent, consider, and advance us?” he argued. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1021

Categorization

• XREF: Briggs’ separate-territory plan diverges from Garvey’s African repatriation, anticipating later separatism debates paralleled in Black Panther and Nation of Islam thought.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1021