Liberian+history+between+1842-1989

Liberian history between 1842-1989

America did not want to have colionies in Liberia, and that is why Liberia was not an American colony. Although, some areas of the Liberia-coast was still colonized by Liberian ex-slaves. In the start, most of the colonized ares were ruled by white administrators, the first black guvernor was Joseph Jenkins Roberts took office in 1842. He became the first Liberian president in 1847. At this time the country made an USA-inspired costitution. After 1847 had Liberia etablished better contact with some Europeian countries. Germany, England and the Netherlands became important traiding partners. Liberia was economically and militarily weak and was threatend by European colonalism. Warfare and widespread corruption weakend the contry. That is one of the reason the country devolept a big foreign debt. The need for increased state revenues wew behind an agreement with the U.S. Company Firestone in 1926, and the world's largest rupper plantation was etablished in Liberia. The European influnece in the country was reduced because of this. Firestone signed a lease for big arreas in the country in 99 years, and rubber became Liberia's main export.

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