Editing History of Liberia (section)

===First ideas of colonization===
As early as the period of the [[American Revolution]], many white members of American society thought that African Americans could not succeed in living in their society as free people. Many considered blacks physically and mentally inferior to whites, and others believed that the racism and societal polarization resulting from slavery were insurmountable obstacles for integration of the races. [[Thomas Jefferson]] was among those who proposed colonization in Africa: relocating free blacks outside the new nation.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Schwarz|first=Benjamin|date=March 1997|title=What (Thomas) Jefferson Helps to Explain|journal=[[The Atlantic|The Atlantic Monthly]]|volume=279}}</ref>