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Liberia is the only Black state in Africa never subjected to colonial rule and is Africa's oldest republic. It was established on land acquired for people who formerly had been enslaved in the United States by the American Colonization Society, which founded a colony at Cape Mesurado in 1821. In 1824 the territory was named Liberia, and its main settlement was named Monrovia, which is the ...
Liberia - Colonialism, Civil War, Reconstruction: This discussion focuses on Liberia from the 19th century. For a treatment of earlier periods and of the country in its regional context, see western Africa. Outsiders' knowledge of the west of Africa began with a Portuguese sailor, Pedro de Sintra, who reached the Liberian coast in 1461. Subsequent Portuguese explorers named Grand Cape Mount ...
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International Center for Transitional Justice
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