From our Liberian-Americans!
Liberia declared it's independence from the United States on July 26, 1847.
Liberia declared it's independence from the United States on July 26, 1847.Liberia was not known as a nation till its colonization by freed slaves from the United States in 1822.
It is the USA's only attempt at colonization. With the increasing number of freed slaves in the US, colonization was brought up as a solution to the issue.
Also at this point in history the slave trade had been banned (no new slaves brought into the country), but many continued to try to bring new slaves from Africa anyways. When these ships were captured there was the question of what to do with the Africans aboard. They spoke many different languages and most likely were unable to locate exactly what part of Africa they were from, so they were also relocated to Liberia.
The Americo-Liberians became the upper-class from which every president in Liberian history descended from. That is till the coup by Samuel Doe in 1980 followed by years of brutality towards Americo-Liberians and those he thought opposed him. Later in the 80's Charles Taylor stirred things up further and a full scale Civil war raged on and off till the final up rising in 2003--In which Hannah and Caleb lost their father!
Now Liberia is trying to reconstruct under the first female head of state in Africa--President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Charles Taylor is presently be tried for war crimes against his country and the surrounding countries.
Hannah and Caleb will pass out these candies with the Liberian Independence Day on them. We pray that others hearts will be opened to the plight of the thousands of children world wide who live daily with war and are orphaned in some one's pursuit of power.
We pray that today you may be moved to pray for these children who suffer daily.
HAPPY LIBERIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!
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