Abstract:
The founding of republic Liberia began in the early of ninetieth century. The American
Colonization Society founded Liberia as a colony for freed slaves from the United States, over
the next few decades, thousands of freed slaves were sent to Liberia. In 1847, the AmericoLiberian declared the independence of the Republic of Liberia, and it became the first
independent nation in Africa. Americo-Liberians are Liberians of African American descent,
however, from the beginning the relationship between the African-American arrivals and
indigenous Liberians who were already present in Liberia, was similar to the European
colonialism in the rest of Africa. This study shows how Americo-Liberians were impacted by
the White supremacy and western culture, and established an oppressive regime over the
indigenous people, which led to the rise of conflict between the two groups and entered the
country in a long brutal civil war. The objective of this study is to explore the historical roots
of the Liberian crisis.
