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Back-to-Africa movement

The back-to-Africa movement was based on the widespread belief among some European Americans in the 18th and 19th century United States that African Americans would want to return to the continent of Africa. In general, the political movement was an overwhelming failure; very few former slaves wanted to move to Africa.
The back-to-Africa movement was based on the widespread belief among some European Americans.