colonization proposals in the early 1800's assumed Virginia would be sending people to a "barbarous" Africa
Source: Library of Congress, When "Savages" Roamed the Earth: Maps Perpetuating Bias and Bigotry in the 19th century
in three settlements of the American Colonization Society in Liberia, the rectangular houses of American colonists contrast with circular houses (note conical thatched roofs) of indigenous Africans"
Source: Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, Settlements of the American Colonization Society, Liberia, 1840s-1850s