Liberia Founded
1822
The American Colonization Society landed freed American slaves on Cape Mesurado in West Africa with a mandate to build a Christian, English-speaking republic. The idea - that Black Americans would be happier elsewhere - was dubious. The settlers built a capital called Monrovia and governed, uneasily, as a colonial elite.
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