US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation

In the 1800s, West Africa became a focal point for efforts to remove Black people from America. The arrival of free people later gave the country its name.

美国最高法院暂时放行将移民遣送至第三国的政策，利比里亚成为接收国之一。作者梳理19世纪美国殖民协会把自由黑人“送回非洲”的历史，指出当下遣送政策与当年同出一源：把被视为问题的非白人移出美国。