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Art and Life in Africa : Liberia; History of Liberia: a Timeline, from Library of Congress Archived April 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine; Political Resources on the Net: Liberia Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party at Project Gutenberg by Martin Delany
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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. Also, the colony entered an agreement with the U.S. Government to accept freed slaves who were taken from illegal slave ships.
Americo-Liberian people (also known as Congo people or Congau people), [2] are a Liberian ethnic group of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and liberated African origin. Americo-Liberians trace their ancestry to free-born and formerly enslaved African Americans who emigrated in the 19th century to become the founders of the state of Liberia.
American-Africans utilized this opportunity to consolidate support and establish independence to become a full taxing authority. After settling differences with Britain, Liberia aided Britain in the illegal slave trade. [11] Due to close relations in Western Africa, Britain was the first country to recognize Liberian independence. [12]
Liberia's main northwestern boundary is traversed by the Mano River while its southeast limits are bounded by the Cavalla River. [77] Liberia's three largest rivers are St. Paul exiting near Monrovia, the river St. John at Buchanan, and the Cestos River, all of which flow into the Atlantic. The Cavalla is the longest river in the nation at 320 ...
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The eleven stripes of the Flag of Liberia represent the eleven signers of the Declaration Plaque commemorating signing of Liberian Declaration of Independence.. The Liberian Declaration of Independence is a document adopted by the Liberian Constitutional Convention on 26 July 1847, to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by the private American ...