"Never has the story of American African colonization been so thoroughly explored."--Violet Showers Johnson, coauthor of African & American: West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America "Succeeds admirably in putting us back in touch with the diverse sources of support for the American Colonization Society. We learn much about the complex nature of human motivations and about the changes in attitudes, goals, and government policy that occurred over time."--Paul D. Escott, author of Uncommonly Savage: Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States "Thought-provoking and challenging....