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10 Things You didn’t Know about Liberia Welcome to Displore and Thanks for watching, It’s always a pleasure presenting to you some interesting facts about the Beautiful countries on the African Continent. Today we are shining the light on Liberia and we are presenting some lesser known facts about this west African Country. Officially the Republic of Liberia, Liberia is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south-southwest. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers and has a population of around 4,900,000. Liberia comes from a greek work meaning Land of the free., English is the official language, but over 20 indigenous languages are spoken, representing the numerous ethnic groups who make up more than 95% of the population. The country's capital and largest city is Monrovia. Liberia has a very rich bitter sweet history. If you are new here welcome, be sure to subscribe and turn on notification so you don’t any of our videos. Liberia began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society, who believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States. The country declared its independence on July 26, 1847. The U.S. did not recognize Liberia's independence until February 5, 1862, during the American Civil War. So Let’s Take a closer look at this amazing country with the 10 things you didn’t know about Liberia. 1. Liberia was Founded by American Trade Abolitionists. Liberia was originally an American colony set up by a coalition of slavers and abolitionists. Way back in the progressive days of the antebellum United States, some forward-thinking and moderate slave owners realized that the days of slavery were numbered. Despite this realization, it was a step too far to consider that blacks and whites would be equals one day. The slave owners may have been forward-thinking for their time, but they still owned other people. The American Colonization Society (ACS) was founded by a coalition of abolitionists and slavers who believed that free blacks could never coexist with whites in America. So the ACS thought the best solution was to send emancipated slaves to Liberia to live freely. After the ACS bought land in Liberia, the first settlers (who were former slaves) arrived there in 1822. But they died of ridiculously nasty diseases in the swamps. So technically, the second group of former slaves actually settled the land. 2. The First Female African President came Liberia. Prior to 2006, there had never been a female president in Africa; Ellen Johnson sirleaf became the first female president in Africa in 2006. Prior to becoming the 24th president of Liberia, Sirleaf Worked at Citibank. Sirleaf returned to Liberia in 1985 to run for Vice President under Jackson Doe on the ticket of the Liberian Action Party in the 1985 elections. However, Sirleaf was placed under house arrest in August 1985 and soon after sentenced to ten years in prison for sedition, as a consequence of a speech in which she insulted the members of the Samuel Doe regime. Following international calls for her release, Samuel Doe pardoned and released her in September. Due to government pressure, she was removed from the presidential ticket and instead ran for a Senate seat in Montserrado County. In 2005 she ran for presidential elections and On 23 November 2005, Sirleaf was declared the winner of the Liberian election and confirmed as the country's next president and the first woman to be elected as president of an African country. Her inauguration took place on 16 January 2006. It was attended by many foreign dignitaries, including United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and First Lady Laura Bush. 3. Liberia was the First African Country to Gain Its Independence Liberia began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society , who believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States. The country declared its independence on July 26, 1847. The U.S. did not recognize Liberia's independence until February 5, 1862, during the American Civil War. Between January 7, 1822, and the American Civil War, more than 15,000 freed and free-born black people who faced legislated limits in the U.S., and 3,198 Afro-Caribbean, relocated to the settlement. The settlers carried their culture and tradition with them. The Liberian constitution and flag were modeled after those of the U.S. On January 3, 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a wealthy, free-born African American from Virginia who settled in Liberia, was elected Liberia's first president after the people proclaimed independence. Liberia was the first African republic to proclaim its independence, and is Africa's first and oldest modern republic. It retained its independence during the Scramble for Africa