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Political tensions resulted in a military coup in 1980 marking the beginning of years-long political instability. Five years of military rule by the People's Redemption Council and five years of civilian rule by the National Democratic Party of Liberia were followed by the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars. These resulted in the deaths of 250,000 people, the displacement of many more and shrunk Liberia's economy. A peace agreement in 2003 led to democratic elections in 2005. Liberia's economic and political stability was threatened in the 2010s by an Ebola virus epidemic and was declared officially ended on May 8, 2015. | Political tensions resulted in a military coup in 1980 marking the beginning of years-long political instability. Five years of military rule by the People's Redemption Council and five years of civilian rule by the National Democratic Party of Liberia were followed by the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars. These resulted in the deaths of 250,000 people, the displacement of many more and shrunk Liberia's economy. A peace agreement in 2003 led to democratic elections in 2005. Liberia's economic and political stability was threatened in the 2010s by an Ebola virus epidemic and was declared officially ended on May 8, 2015. | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia] | For a primer on the history of Liberia see the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia Liberia]. | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1461 -Into the late 17th century, Portuguese, Dutch and British traders had contacts and trading posts in the region<br> | 1461 -Into the late 17th century, Portuguese, Dutch and British traders had contacts and trading posts in the region<br> | ||
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1999 - The Second Liberian Civil War broke out<br> | 1999 - The Second Liberian Civil War broke out<br> | ||
2006 - The government established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to address the causes and crimes of the civil war<br> | 2006 - The government established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to address the causes and crimes of the civil war<br> | ||
== American Colonization Society Sources == | |||
*[https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html Library of Congress. American Colonization Society] | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society Wikipedia. American Colonization Society] | |||
*{{FSC|785285|item|disp=Tom W. Shick. ''Emigrants to Liberia, 1820 to 1843, an alphabetical listing.''Newark, Delaware : University of Delaware Department of Anthropology & Liberian Studies Association in America, 1971. FS Library 966.62 W2e}} | |||
*{{FSC|330712|item|disp=Tom W. Shick. ''Behold the promised land : a history of Afro-American settler society in nineteenth-century Liberia.'' Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. FS Library 966.62 H2s}} | |||
*{{FSC|1373073|item|disp=Eric Burin. ''Slavery and the peculiar solution : a history of the American Colonization Society.'' Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2005. FS Library 973 C4be}} | |||
*[http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/american-colonization-society/liberia-collection-pp161 Maryland Historical Society. American Colonization Society/Liberia Collection] | |||
*[https://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/maryland-state-colonization-society-papers-1827-1871-ms-571?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=9e2ae9797eae903f809ae462fdae0316232452e6-1596133104-0-AThXjQuDypPgMoZb-f7DWvBShgaUdNKlSajcBGocF8XR7-8DFmUVK6opRRedUbkGRBBSsC4vZSw3wc33Mrt3QAZKh--JIF4PSQ5vF-im9lbNGJjPwpvFUlm1XMKEZDXfAaXdaTcaU3SEY8qSy_HhtmhtaxfPNRWPBMKWYoK6wYmDTlgEr8liEa2XQFKfInjED1-jr3JaUvSD_qsFy7Om55Di4LTVcHW62SfVwmnMo3Z8i1ukRpypvLhu4HG1i4gmmviARSsEaeGKYCS5jW53Tu0BaGDXnvCw0Gjfbm2lBSnUBr77Z4Xb9FNueWWbOgypCu-eP7VIQtRke_i0hYgKHonVCPym1pDd3KxfMTeZq4rhk1MWgJZlVrmNnF-E88hulw Maryland State Colonization Society Papers, 1827-1871. MS 571 Maryland Historical Society] | |||
*{{FSC|1210727|item|disp=Richard L. Hall. '' "On Afric's Shore." A History of Maryland in Liberia, 1834-1857.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society, 2003. FS Library 966.62 H2d}} | |||
*{{FSC|58743|item|disp=Penelope Campbell. ''Maryland in Africa: the Maryland Colonization Society,1831-1857.''Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 1971. FS Library 966.6 H2c}} | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/removaloffreecol00mary/page/n2 Maryland. Report of the Select Committee, to Whom was Referred the Subject of the Removal of the Free Colored Population from Charles County.] | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[http://www.blackpast.org/gah/monrovia-liberia-1821 A history of Liberia] | *[http://www.blackpast.org/gah/monrovia-liberia-1821 A history of Liberia] | ||
*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia Liberia History] | *[https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia Liberia History] | ||
*[https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/liberia Liberia Milestones 1830-1860] | *[https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/liberia Liberia Milestones 1830-1860] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia Liberia History] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia Liberia History] | ||
[[Category: | ''' United States Sources''' | ||
*[http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/liberia/index.php?page=Home Virginia Emigrants to Liberia] | |||
[[Category:Liberia]] [[Category:Histories]] [[Category:African American Records]] | |||
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