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2. History of Liberia - Wikipedia

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   Free people of color in the United States, with a few notable exceptions, overwhelmingly rejected the idea of moving to Liberia, or anywhere else in Africa, from the very beginning of the movement. Most of them had lived in the United States for generations, and while they wanted better treatment, they did not want to leave.

3. Liberia - Wikipedia

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   Liberia, [a] officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5.5 million and covers an area of 43,000 square miles (111,369 km 2). The ...

4. Colony of Liberia - Wikipedia

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   It was difficult for the early settlers, made of mostly free-born blacks who had been denied the full rights of United States citizenship. In Liberia, the native Africans resisted the expansion of the colonists, resulting in many armed conflicts between them. Nevertheless, in the next decade 2,638 African Americans migrated to the area.

5. Mass media in Liberia - Wikipedia

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   A Cellcom Liberia antenna in Monrovia (2009). Mass media in Liberia include the press, radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.. Much of Liberia's communications infrastructure was destroyed or plundered during the two civil wars (1989–1996 and 1999–2003). [1]

6. List of years in Liberia - Wikipedia

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   This is a timeline of History of Liberia. Each article deals with events in Liberia in a given year. Decades. Decades: ...

7. Portal:Liberia - Wikipedia

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   Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born African Americans, along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. Gradually developing an Americo-Liberian identity, the settlers carried their culture and tradition with them while colonizing the indigenous population.

8. Timeline of Monrovia - Wikipedia

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   1826 - Liberia Herald newspaper begins publication. [2] 1839 - Monrovia Seminary founded. 1847 June 25: Constitutional Convention held in Monrovia to discuss creation of the state of Liberia. [1] July 26: Monrovia becomes part of newly formed Republic of Liberia. [1] October 5: First Liberian general election held.

9. List of wars involving Liberia - Wikipedia

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   Liberia: Faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia: Coup attempt succeeds: First Liberian Civil War (1989–1997) Liberian Armed Forces ULIMO ECOWAS UNOMIL (September 22, 1993 – September 12, 1997) NPFL INPFL Support: Libya: NPFL Victory: Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002) RUF AFRC West Side Boys Liberia. NPFL; Supported by: Libya Burkina Faso ...