The American Colonization Society,whose leadership and membership included several prominent slaveholders,played an instrumental role in creating what African colony?

A) Sierra Leone
B) Cameroon
C) South Africa
D) Liberia

American Colonization Society

An organization established in the early 19th century to support the migration of free African Americans to Africa.

African Colony

Refers to the territories in Africa that were under the control and rule of European powers during the era of New Imperialism, starting from the late 19th century.

Liberia

A country on the West African coast, founded in the 19th century by freed American and Caribbean slaves as a colony for African-American resettlement.