Liberia has a beautiful & unique history. They named it Maryland because that's where they came from but at least we weren't colonized by the French or British. Judges in Nigeria still wear white wigs as if they're British & are still in the commonwealth. And At least when we get our act together in Liberia we won't have to fight for land, those white folks in South Africa will never give the good land back to the Africans. Long Story short,I was born here but both my parents are Liberian & I love ALL ASPECTS OF MY HOMELAND
Yom Rap If you love all aspects of your country that should include the white immigrants that changed your entire world, also the whites made that land fertile and rich, and when they're all but gone and you get all the land back your poor management will result in starvation. Zimbabwe was the bread basket a few years ago, not now.
Black Diamond, stop calling your people A TRIBE. Have you ever heard any European refering to his people as A TRIBE? Grebo is your ETHNIC GROUP and not a tribe. That word has negative connotation and actually is used by Westerners to portray African groups as primitive and savages. That is why when they talk about conflicts among groups in Africa , they always say TRIBAL WAR but when they talk about the same thing in Europe , they say ETHNIC CONFLICT. So we Africans have to be careful about the words we use to portray ourselves.
English and education in general was to Liberia by freed slaves from America. I grew up in Central Virginia, Liberia where most last names were either Washington, Johnson, Richerson or Robert. Most of them have ancestry in Southern USA.
I would love to go to Liberia to rebuild and restore but there's still a lot of discourse with the natives and "foreigners". Our ancestors were taken from Africa and returned to land that was purchased yet people still feel we don't have the right to come home. Another civil war is not what I want if my presence is a threat.
Why is it funny? Besides this peace of Liberian is a very insignificant portion of American history as a whole. Even considering the fact that it's should be significant for Liberians.
Liberia was also founded by free blacks from Virginia, including John Day my ancestor, who later became the Chief Justice. He was also related to Thomas Day of Dinwiddie, VA the famous cabinetmaker, aka "Fine furniture maker, in North Carolina". Sadie Day Pasha, Researcher, National Archives Records Administration, DC
The word Liberia comes from the Latin word meaning Liberty, and the freed slaves came here for freedom. So why are you suggesting it’s name be changed?
Liberians should start rebuilding their country by first changing the name of their capital city and other regions that link them to America. They need to understand that the reason why they are struggling in Africa today is because they were never wanted in America
This is bullshit reporting. The American blacks who returned to maryland were not welcomed by the grebo people because the American colonization Society tricked the Grebo into treaties that they did not understand. They land were taken by force to be given to the Americans and this sparked a war between the Grebo and the Americans who were supported by the US navy which open fire on the Grebo villages. The grebo had to flee for exile in neighborhood Ivory Coast. There is not telling how many grebos were massacred by the US navy in the war to take their land and give it to the former American slaves. Even the Maryland settlement were originally name the Republic of Maryland-In-Africa.
@Cool How did it belong to Afro-Americans when there were indigenous people already there? Just cause they were black doesn't automatically grant them access to the land. Furthermore, many of the Afro-Americans felt superior to the natives and pretty much set up a similar oppressive system like the U.S. I'm Afro-American by the way.
Leo Gnawa, you couldn't have said it better. Thank you for articulating and accurately describing what really happened. So many important facts are usually left out of our history. Peace and blessings brother.
The people should have been taken back to Africa , the ones that wanted to go. They should not have been given financial aid. And how could they have enslaved the natives that they were related to.
May Allah continue to bless this beautiful Land of freedom (Liberia) machacha, greetings from Ganta city ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My hometown, I left Maryland Liberia 🇱🇷 2002 moved to Moravia, 2006 I left from Liberia Moravia to the US 🇺🇸 Maryland 🇺🇸
Liberia will be great again
Wonderful editing. You all really made this chapter of US-Liberia history come alive. Thank you for posting!
Heath Vogel i agree!
Liberia has a beautiful & unique history. They named it Maryland because that's where they came from but at least we weren't colonized by the French or British. Judges in Nigeria still wear white wigs as if they're British & are still in the commonwealth. And At least when we get our act together in Liberia we won't have to fight for land, those white folks in South Africa will never give the good land back to the Africans. Long Story short,I was born here but both my parents are Liberian & I love ALL ASPECTS OF MY HOMELAND
Yom Rap If you love all aspects of your country that should include the white immigrants that changed your entire world, also the whites made that land fertile and rich, and when they're all but gone and you get all the land back your poor management will result in starvation. Zimbabwe was the bread basket a few years ago, not now.
James wtf are you talking about. High as a kite
@@Clusters3rdStrikeArc stupid ass, the land was already fertile and rich before European investment came 🤣
Happy tears ... my mother land. GOD BLESS LIBERIA
Liberia was never found it has always been there. It has always had civilization.
I agree
Cool C it was called the pepper coast before the slaves showed up. Natives were there since the 1400s
LIB Leopard712 you're right people were living there before the settlers came
Right
I agree. The perception is misleading
Grebo. My tribe. My people. :)
Black Diamond, stop calling your people A TRIBE. Have you ever heard any European refering to his people as A TRIBE? Grebo is your ETHNIC GROUP and not a tribe. That word has negative connotation and actually is used by Westerners to portray African groups as primitive and savages. That is why when they talk about conflicts among groups in Africa , they always say TRIBAL WAR but when they talk about the same thing in Europe , they say ETHNIC CONFLICT. So we Africans have to be careful about the words we use to portray ourselves.
Grebo, I too a Grebo woman. 🙌
FYI grebo is not a tribe and it is not really calld grebo they are the Klepo dialect in the Krou language. it is society not tribe.
that mans accent is fascinating, the African historian I can almost hear an American deep southern lilt in it
diouranke yes.
English and education in general was to Liberia by freed slaves from America. I grew up in Central Virginia, Liberia where most last names were either Washington, Johnson, Richerson or Robert. Most of them have ancestry in Southern USA.
Why should an African city be named after an oppressor?
Black ppl are easily duped!
fantastic video; God bless LIBERIA..
Maryland in Africa thank God for making our fore-father's for inheriting this beautiful land of harmony...
wow thank you so much for your video. very touching and beautiful. beautiful country, i love the beach. i can not wait to visit.
Alison Lang very nice
I would love to go to Liberia to rebuild and restore but there's still a lot of discourse with the natives and "foreigners". Our ancestors were taken from Africa and returned to land that was purchased yet people still feel we don't have the right to come home. Another civil war is not what I want if my presence is a threat.
You have your right with love and respect as black. contact me to give you a peace of land if you want to go home to the mother land Liberia. 🏡
Thank God for how long we have come as people.
Is funny how you never hear this in American history book, God bless our poor Liberia. I miss home Maryland :)
Marcus O'darbeh Because they were the ones exploiting while its citizens were still starving and uneducated. Picture is deceiving.
Why is it funny?
Besides this peace of Liberian is a very insignificant portion of American history as a whole. Even considering the fact that it's should be significant for Liberians.
Great video i love every minute of it.
Very educational,great work.
Great!! A revisit will be great.
Liberia was also founded by free blacks from Virginia, including John Day my ancestor, who later became the Chief Justice. He was also related to Thomas Day of Dinwiddie, VA the famous cabinetmaker, aka "Fine furniture maker, in North Carolina".
Sadie Day Pasha, Researcher, National Archives Records Administration, DC
Liberia was not founded by free blacks!!! Before they went back, there were native Liberians already there!! Liberia was already there!!!
Sadie Day Pasha wow great history
Cool C No it was called the Pepper Coast
Liberia was not founded by black americans dont fool yourself. that's our country and we dont play that.
@@jayhouston7700 that was what the Portuguese called it
The land needs a new name.
The word Liberia comes from the Latin word meaning Liberty, and the freed slaves came here for freedom. So why are you suggesting it’s name be changed?
Debester Parker don't mind that idiot.
I love this i learned from this
nice job, thank you.
wow I'm so glad to take a look at my home land cape palma to be specific.
Great hearing from you. Brothers and sisters. I am glad you are are thriving. Free.
Awesome. Thanks be to God Almighty.
that's my home town
Good
fascinating video
Please do one on Mississippi in Africa.
this is my place
I love Maryland county and will always do
I had the best steak Eve at the Ducor Hotel.
why they're integrated maryland ti liberia
Americo-Liberians🇱🇷🇺🇸
All black people should go back to Africa and find their roots. They need to do this to heal their wounds and reclaim their dignity. Long live Africa.
The Americo Liberians can always come back home
Then give them the money
Liberians should start rebuilding their country by first changing the name of their capital city and other regions that link them to America. They need to understand that the reason why they are struggling in Africa today is because they were never wanted in America
Mulbah Zokai
Our people make fue of us in the pass
?/./📱📱🎇
the streets that i saw in Harper are maved compare to other countys capitalS in Liberia/more or less LIKE the Southern States in the U.S.
Before it became Liberia and then it became Doe's Liberia
Henry. That's my cousin.
djbenzo and he’s my father. I’m forever grateful to have a father like pa Woart
They should have sent more to Liberia.
A2Kaid
the ones that went didn't want to go
@@yudahel8521 that's a lie. Maybe some were coerced but this was a choice.
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why not talk to Americo Liberians, I've talked to plenty Africans and they all say the Americans in Liberia still have American accents
Very sad
This is bullshit reporting. The American blacks who returned to maryland were not welcomed by the grebo people because the American colonization Society tricked the Grebo into treaties that they did not understand. They land were taken by force to be given to the Americans and this sparked a war between the Grebo and the Americans who were supported by the US navy which open fire on the Grebo villages. The grebo had to flee for exile in neighborhood Ivory Coast. There is not telling how many grebos were massacred by the US navy in the war to take their land and give it to the former American slaves. Even the Maryland settlement were originally name the Republic of Maryland-In-Africa.
@Cool How did it belong to Afro-Americans when there were indigenous people already there? Just cause they were black doesn't automatically grant them access to the land. Furthermore, many of the Afro-Americans felt superior to the natives and pretty much set up a similar oppressive system like the U.S. I'm Afro-American by the way.
Leo Gnawa, you couldn't have said it better. Thank you for articulating and accurately describing what really happened. So many important facts are usually left out of our history. Peace and blessings brother.
America should not have anything to do with Liberia.
Woo
The people should have been taken back to Africa , the ones that wanted to go. They should not have been given financial aid. And how could they have enslaved the natives that they were related to.