History Of Liberia
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Liberia was established by citizens of the United States as a colony for former African-American slaves. It is one of only two sovereign states in the world that were started by citizens of a political power as a colony for former slaves of the same political power: Sierra Leone was begun as a colony for resettlement of Black Loyalists and poor blacks from England for the same purpose by Britain.
Read more about History Of Liberia: Early Times (pre–1821), Colonization (1821–1847), Americo-Liberian Rule (1847–1980), Samuel Doe and The People’s Redemption Council (1980–1989), First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996), Peace Agreement and Transitional Government (2003–2005), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Elected President (2005)
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