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Washington - Liberia was founded in 1822 to give greater freedom and equality to formerly enslaved black Americans. In present-day Liberia, 5 percent of the population traces roots to Americo-Liberians, those African Americans who emigrated to Liberia and established a government modeled on American democracy. They named the capital city Monrovia, after the fifth U.S. president, James Monroe.
The first president of Liberia - a name derived...