Benjamin Lundy (1789–1839) was an American abolitionist noted for his prolific lectures and publishing enterprises seeking to limit the expansion of slavery. Lundy saw that one potential way to relieve the “American sin” would be to establish a colony in a sparsely populated region outside the United States for emancipated Africans and African Americans to relocate. Lundy traveled extensively, lecturing and agitating for abolitionist goals, including trips to Haiti, Canada, and Mexico. Lundy was widely denounced by both slaveholders and many non-slaveholders for his inflammatory speech and support of progressive approaches to ending slavery. Despite his rocky reception in many American towns, Lundy’s resettlement proposals were well received in Haiti, Canada, and Mexico.