>In the US, circa early 1800s, there was a movement to resettle American free blacks and freed slaves to Africa
>By 1867, more than 13,000 Black Americans had moved to Liberia
>They intermarried largely within their community, developing an ethnic group that followed western cultural values(political republicanism, Protestant Christianity, western education)
>They did not identify with the indigenous Africans of the tribes they encountered at all
>Instead they saw them as inferior and tried to force them to assimilate to western culture
>In the earlier part of the 20th century, A economic policy was implemented to attract foreign investment
>Between 1944&1970, the value of foreign investments increased two hundredfold.
>From 1950-1960, Liberia experienced an average annual growth of 11.5%
>With the expansion of the economy, revenues from the government was utilized to construct and modernize infrastructure
>the streets of the Capital were paved, a public sanitation system was installed, hospitals were built, and a literacy program was launched
>several thousand kilometers of roads were built, as was a railway line to transfer iron from coastal mines for export.
>The Port of the capital was also transformed into a free port to encourage trade.
>By the early 1960s, Liberia began to enjoy its first era of prosperity, thanks to the policies put in place and the efficient use of resources to implement postive development.
>Liberia had earned the reputation of being a pro-Western influence in West Africa
WTF HAPPENED?????? THEY WERE FINALLY GETTING IT RIGHT????
