Why would I support the petition to President Obama and the UN for the restitution and repatriations of Africans in America - if thats what yall created Liberia... instead of begging the black president why not just go to Liberia.?????? Liberia is the only country in Africa FOUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES colonization while occupied by native Africans. Beginning in 1820, the region was colonized by African Americans, most of whom were freed slaves. The colonizers (who later become known as Americo-Liberians) established a new country with the help of the American Colonization Society, a private organization whose leaders thought former slaves would have greater opportunity in Africa. African captives freed from slave ships by the British and Americans were sent there instead of being repatriated to their countries of origin. In 1847, this new country became the Republic of Liberia, establishing a government modeled on that of the United States and naming its capital city Monrovia after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States and a prominent supporter of the colonization. AND RESEARCH MONROE DOCTRINE WHILE YOU AT IT!!!
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:32:28 +0000
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