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This was made with the intent of resettling freed U.S. slaves in Africa.
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The unhealthy conditions of Liberia to the African American settlers caused a very high death rate.
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For what was worth about $300 in trade goods, supplies, weapons, and rum, the new settlers gained a "36 mile long and 3 mile wide" strip of coastal land.
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The new settlers of Liberia were prohibited from participating in the slave trade.
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts was appointed Liberis first black governor.
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The CWL recieved most of its revenue from taxes, which angered the indigenous people and the British that traded in Liberia.
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Political
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The True Whig Party was founded and was the most prominent politcal division from the late 1800's to 1980 in Liberia.
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The Americo-Liberian settlers employed indiginous people into forced labor until the 1930's.
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The tension of the forced labor upon the indigeous groups caused an uprising in Liberia. Master Sergeant Samuel Doe of the indigenous Krahn ethnic group led a revolt that resulted in the assassination of the president and other government officials.
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This sergeant lead the Krahn Revolt, then held an official presidential election. However, the poll was widely viewed as fraudulant,
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The first Civil War of Liberia caused many rich buisnessmen to leave the country from 1986-1996. With them they took their money and expertise, greatly damaging the economy.
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Leader of the National Patriotic Front of LIberia (NPFL), a rebel group of the Gio ethnicity, came together in an uprising against Doe.
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