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When the European explorers founded settlements in Liberia in the 14th and 15th centuries, it changed Liberia because its trading posts would be better for the economy, and being beneficial for the country.
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Some popular trading items around the 17-1800s were Salt, gun powder, rum, tobacco, cloth, beads, salt, seafood, rice, and malagueta peppers.
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Joseph J. Roberts becomes the first African American governor in the Commonwealth after the passing of Thomas Buchanan, their former governor.
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Indigenous Liberians were excluded from some clubs and organizations that the Americo Liberians made.
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Liberia’s 11th president was from born in Liberia.
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Daniel B. Warner, who was Liberia’s third president, authored the national anthem.
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Some freed American slaves came on ships to Liberia in the early 1800’s
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Robert Finley and a group of many men, created the ACS (American Colonization Society) in 1816.
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In June of 1847, Liberia had claimed independence for the country and made their own form of government.