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.

美國最高法院暫時放行將移民遣送至第三國的政策，利比里亞成為接收國之一。作者梳理19世紀美國殖民協會把自由黑人“送回非洲”的歷史，指出當下遣送政策與當年同出一源：把被視為問題的非白人移出美國。