Association for Serb Liberation and Unification


Association for Serb Liberation and Unification or Society for Serb Liberation and Unification, commonly known as "the Association", was a Serb revolutionary organisation based in Cetinje, established in 1871, with the aim of liberating Serb-inhabited territories from the hands of the Ottoman Empire. The Association founded several boards : in Cetinje, in Novi Sad, and in Belgrade. At the same time, the Main Board for Serb Liberation (Главни одбор за српско ослобођење was established in Kragujevac with the same goals.

History

The Association was founded by members of the "United Serbian Youth" and other patriots from all over the Yugoslav lands. This was secretly done after the baptism of Montenegrin Prince Nicholas' daughter.

Members