Trump v. Barbara · ¶93

One solution that gained traction in the early 1800s was to physically separate the freedmen and other Black people from the general polity. Antislavery Northerners and pro- slavery Southerners found common cause in the idea that freed Blacks would surely “be happiest in a black-led republic, beyond the contempt of and competition with white Americans.” This vision of “paternal caste” prompted the creation of the American Colonization Society, which established the colony of Liberia and pushed for freed Blacks to relocate there voluntarily. Once freed Blacks were out of sight, they would (thankfully) be out of mind, eliminating any need for a racial reckoning in America.

slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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