Abstract
The Republic of Liberia had its origin in the efforts of several American philanthropic societies to establish freed American slaves in a colony on the West African coast. In 1822 a settlement was formed near the spot where Monrovia now stands. On 26 July 1847 the State was constituted as the Free and Independent Republic of Liberia. The new State was first recognized by Great Britain and France, and ultimately by other powers.
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Economic Survey of Liberia. 1981. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs
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Fraenkel, M., Tribe and Class in Monrovia. OUP, 1964
Wilson, C. M., Liberia: Black Africa in Microcosm. New York, 1971
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Paxton, J. (1986). Liberia. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271159_99
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