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What organization did Francis Scott Key lead that sent freed slaves to Africa?

  • The American Colonization Society

  • The Underground Railroad

  • The Freedmen's Bureau

  • The NAACP

Answer

Francis Scott Key was a leader of the American Colonization Society, an organization that sought to send freed slaves back to Africa. This was a controversial stance at the time, as many abolitionists believed that freed slaves should be allowed to stay in America.
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