TIL in 1903, a US Senator from Alabama proposed a plan that will "encourage" African-Americans to settle in the Philippines. Which was recently acquired from Spain.

https://history.iowa.gov/history/education/educator-resources/primary-source-sets/reconstruction-and-its-impact/negroes-to

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1562xx9/til_in_1903_a_us_senator_from_alabama_proposed_a/