Colonization promised emancipation paired with removal of Black people from America

Evidence

And so, Lincoln decided that the same document that would emancipate millions of enslaved people in rebel territory would also call for them, once free, to voluntarily leave their country and resettle elsewhere. This idea, known as “colonization,” had been circulating since the 1790s, and counted among its proponents presidents such as Jefferson and James Monroe. In 1816, a group of white enslavers and politicians in Washington, D.C., created the American Colonization Society (ACS) to promote the removal of free Black people, who would be encouraged to leave the United States and resettle in West Africa. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 129

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘deviation vs design’ framework from the reading purpose — colonization shows emancipation itself was framed as contingent on removal, an origin-story detail many mainstream histories smooth over. — connects to: Language of emancipation colonizes even while claiming to decolonize. — C. A. Bowers, Educating for Eco-Justice and Community, 701; Black institutional separatism aimed at transforming, not escaping, America — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 245
• DEFINE: Defines ‘colonization’ precisely: the pairing of emancipation with coerced removal, distinct from mere anti-slavery sentiment.