Association for Serb Liberation and Unification

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|name = Association for Serb Liberation and Unification

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|type = secret revolutionary organisation

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|formation = September 1871

|purpose = Liberation and unification of Serb-inhabited territories of the Ottoman Empire.

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Cetinje
Novi Sad
Belgrade

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Association for Serb Liberation and Unification ({{lang-sr-cyr|Дружина за ослобођење и уједињење српско}}) or Society for Serb Liberation and Unification (Друштво за ослобођење и уједињење српско), commonly known as "the Association", was a Serb revolutionary organisation (national liberation movement) 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 (odbori): 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" (Уједињена омладина српска) and other patriots from all over the Yugoslav lands.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tvIJAQAAIAAJ|page=340|title=Izabrani spisi|last1=Cenić|first1=Mita|last2=Perović|year=1988|isbn=9788609001451 }} This was secretly done after the baptism of Montenegrin Prince Nicholas' daughter.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBrjAAAAMAAJ|quote=Костић, Димитријевић и други истакнути чланови Омладине боравили су септембра 1871. на Цетињу приликом крштења кћерке кнеза Николе. Том при- ликом основана је Дружина за ослобођење и уједињење српско.|title=Svetozar Miletić i Narodna stranka: Građa. 1860-1885|last=Petrović|first=Nikola|year=1969}}

Members

Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro
Milan Kostić
Miša Dimitrijević
Milan Kujundžić Aberdar
Vasa Pelagić
Svetozar Marković
Jovan Sundečić
Đorđe Đorđević Vojnović, son of Montenegrin-Russian noble and artillery commander Đorđe Vojnović.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UCxmDWA7zhEC&pg=PT54|page=66|quote=Био је члан Српске уједињене омладине и тајне револуционарне организације „Дружина за ослобођење и уједињење Српско“.|title=Између култура Истока и Запада: северозападна Бока Которска|isbn=9788675870371|last1=Радојичић|first1=Драгана|year=2006}}