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Robert Finley (1772 – November 3, 1817) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and educator who is known as one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, which established the colony of Liberia in West Africa as a place for free African Americans. He was a pastor for 20 years at a Presbyterian church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and also taught in elementary school and at a boys' academy. He served briefly in 1817 as the president of the University of Georgia before his death.

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  • Robert Finley (?, 1772 – 3 oktober 1817) was een Amerikaans Presbyteriaans dominee en medeoprichter van de (ACS) in 1816. Ds. Finley kwam met het idee om vrijgelaten zwarte slaven te laten emigreren naar West-Afrika om daar een kolonie te stichten, daar zij in de VS als tweederangs burgers werden beschouwd. Deze kolonie groeide later uit tot de onafhankelijke republiek Liberia (1847). Finley wordt gezien als een van de grondleggers van Liberia. (nl)
  • Robert Finley (1772 – 1817) foi o presidente da Universidade da Geórgia e um dos diretores da Sociedade americana de colonização. (pt)
  • Robert Finley (1772 – November 3, 1817) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and educator who is known as one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, which established the colony of Liberia in West Africa as a place for free African Americans. He was a pastor for 20 years at a Presbyterian church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and also taught in elementary school and at a boys' academy. He served briefly in 1817 as the president of the University of Georgia before his death. (en)
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  • Athens, Georgia, U.S. (en)
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  • Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. (en)
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