American Colonization Society

organization that helped in founding Liberia as a colony for freed slaves
Organization organization Q210911
American Colonization Society
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American Colonization Society

Summary

American Colonization Society is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (788 views/month, #68 of 9,083).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Colonization Society is in the country of United States[3].
  • American Colonization Society's image is recorded as (1896) Departure of colored emigrants for Liberia - The Illustrated American, March 21, 1896.jpg[4].
  • American Colonization Society's instance of is recorded as organization[5].
  • American Colonization Society's founder is recorded as Robert Finley[6].
  • American Colonization Society's movement is recorded as Back-to-Africa movement[7].
  • American Colonization Society's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107244268[8].
  • American Colonization Society's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138356844[9].
  • American Colonization Society's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78081197[10].
  • American Colonization Society's IdRef ID is recorded as 027486451[11].
  • American Colonization Society's Commons category is recorded as American Colonization Society[12].
  • +1816-12-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Colonization Society[13].
  • American Colonization Society was dissolved in +1964-01-01T00:00:00Z[14].
  • American Colonization Society's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01m5kb[15].
  • American Colonization Society's Open Library ID is recorded as OL4274980A[16].
  • American Colonization Society's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 1062834[17].
  • American Colonization Society's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[18].
  • American Colonization Society's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/American-Colonization-Society[19].
  • American Colonization Society's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 86144[20].
  • American Colonization Society's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ACS'}[21].
  • American Colonization Society's different from is recorded as Back-to-Africa movement[22].
  • American Colonization Society's Project Gutenberg author ID is recorded as 50033[23].
  • American Colonization Society's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[24].
  • American Colonization Society's ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID is recorded as 294898220[25].
  • American Colonization Society's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as african-american-history/american-colonization-society-1816-1964[26].
  • American Colonization Society's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007592537205171[27].

Body

Founding

American Colonization Society's founder is recorded as Robert Finley[6]. +1816-12-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[13].

Identity

American Colonization Society's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ACS'}[21].

Dissolution

American Colonization Society was dissolved in +1964-01-01T00:00:00Z[14].

Why It Matters

American Colonization Society ranks in the top 0.75% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (788 views/month, #68 of 9,083).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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