Liberia-notes

-was founded by free African-Americans and freed slaves from the United States in 1820

-similar government as United States

-member of United Nations

-major exporter of iron ore on the world market

-16 different ethnic groups make up Liberia 

"Background Notes: Liberia." SIRS Government Reporter (2009) 16 Mar 2009 .

http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-996&artno=0000087865&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=liberia&title=Background%20Notes%3A%20Liberia&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=Y

-Monrovia is Liberia's capital

-estimated 1 million refugee's and displaced people out of  less than 2.5 million

-many people died from violence, malnutrition and disease

-late 19th century, 1000's of ex-slaves from the American South settled along Liberia's coast

http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-996&artno=0000007066&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=liberia&title=Still%20Searching%20for%20Liberty&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=Y

Bole, William. "Still Searching For Liberty." SIRS. 1991. SIRS Researcher . 16 Mar 2009