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AMERICO-LIBERIAN POPULATION

The Americo-Liberians are descendants of African American slaves who returned to Africa through the services of the American Colonization Society . The Americo-Liberians maintained ties to America and modelled the country after the U.S.; the Liberian flag resembles the U.S. flag and Monrovia was named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe . The Americo Liberians considered themselves as African Americans in Liberia, and they typically sent their children to study in the United States for college.


NOTABLE FOREIGN-BORN AFRICAN AMERICANS



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SOURCES

  • http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/569/1/135

  • http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/national/29african.html?ei=5090&en=0bcaf902834f7e0e&ex=1251432000&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=all&position=

  • http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?ID=250