These attacks. both by Garrison and the slave power. would have destroyed the colonization movement of the society if the society had not been supported and defended by some of the most eminent men in the Nation. Garrison. in theory. was an advocate of the amalgamation of the two races. He was opposed to repatriation. he was in favor of emancipation. the bestowal of citizenship upon the Negro. and the hybridization of the two races. The Colonization Society. in spite of these attacks. continued to make progress until some 12.000 emigrants or more were established in Liberia. It took the Civil War to suspend its operations. The reconstruction era that followed the Civil War almost destroyed the society as an effective agency for repatriation.
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