The first 86 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> immigrants sponsored by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Colonization Society">American Colonization Society</a> depart New York to start a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colonization">settlement</a> in present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of Liberia">Liberia</a>.