colonizationist

noun

col·​o·​ni·​za·​tion·​ist ˌkä-lə-nə-ˈzā-sh(ə-)nist 

-ˌnī-ˈzā-

variants also British colonisationist

plural -s

: one who advocated the resettling of African-Americans in Africa in the 19th century

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