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  2. History of Liberia - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Liberia is a country in West Africa founded by free people of color from the United States. The emigration of African Americans, both freeborn and recently emancipated, was funded and organized by the American Colonization Society (ACS).

  3. American Colonization Society - Wikipedia

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    The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the repatriation of freeborn people of color and emancipated slaves to the continent of Africa. It was modeled on an earlier British ...

  4. Americo-Liberian people - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 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.

  5. Liberia–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    A pair of ivory candlesticks with a wooden presentation box that was gifted to American President Gerald Ford by Liberian President William Tolbert. U.S. relations with Liberia date back to 1819, when the US Congress appropriated $100,000 for the establishment of Liberia. [2] Although Liberia declared its independence in 1847, United States ...

  6. Liberia - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .lr. Website www.emansion.gov.lr Executive mansion. Liberia (/ laɪˈbɪəriə / ⓘ), 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.

  7. Foreign relations of Liberia - Wikipedia

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    Liberia's relationship with Libya has been characterized by Muammar Gaddafi's attempts at bringing Liberia under greater Libyan influence. Relations under the Doe administration were poor, owing to efforts by the United States to undermine Gaddafi's leverage, and Doe's cynicism of the Libyan leader's intentions.

  8. William Tubman - Wikipedia

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    Years of service. 1910–1917. Rank. Officer. William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (29 November 1895 – 23 July 1971) was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th president of Liberia and the longest-serving president in the country's history, [1] serving from his election in 1944 until his death in 1971. Tubman is regarded as the "father of modern ...

  9. Colony of Liberia - Wikipedia

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    Colony of Liberia. The Colony of Liberia, later the Commonwealth of Liberia, was a private colony of the American Colonization Society beginning in 1822. It became an independent nation—the Republic of Liberia —after declaring independence in 1847.