The country of Liberia was founded in 1820, primarily as a home for repatriated African-American slaves. Lott Cary, a Christian missionary and early leader of Liberia, was a former slave from Charles ...

He also pledged to scrap the law that prohibits foreigners owning land. Liberia was founded by freed US slaves in 1847 as "a refuge and a haven for freed men of colour". Its constitution defines ...

Liberia, founded as a haven for freed US slaves, endured two bouts of brutal fighting in 1989-1996 and 1999-2003 Some 250,000 people were killed Thousands more were mutilated and raped ...

At the end of the Second World War there were only three independent countries in Africa: Liberia, which had been founded by freed slaves and declared itself independent in 1847. Ethiopia ...