In the 1950s Emperor Haile Selassie I donated approximately 500 acres (2.0 km2) of African soil [citation needed] to African Americans who were victims of racism and injustice after being exiled and forced into slavery in The United States of America. Haile Sellassie I formed the First E.W.F. in Harlem, NY and prepared a series of events to bond with African Americans for the Ethiopian culture before breaking the news about The Land Grants. While one of the female members of the Ethiopian World Federation was visiting Jamaica she was very excited and couldn’t keep the news to herself.