I have devoted the leisure hours of several years to the accumulation of materials, which I hope will prove the basis of a larger work in the future. J.H.T. McP. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, June, 1891. HISTORY OF L
The present pattern of population distribution in Liberia is both a reflection of its migration history and a response to such social, economic, and cultural factors as war, employment, and superstition. Migrants from north-central Africa, who began to arrive in the 13th century, originally settle...
History of Liberia This discussion focuses on Liberia from the 19th century. For a treatment of earlier periods and of the country in its regional context, see western Africa. Outsiders’ knowledge of the west of Africa began with a Portuguese sailor, Pedro de Sintra, who reached the Liberian...