William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 6-9-17

The West African nations of Liberia and Sierra Leone were both founded as settlements for freed American slaves — Sierra Leone by the British for slaves freed in the American Revolution, and Liberia by American abolitionist. Ironically, slavery was reinstituted in Sierra Leone and didn’t didn’t end  until 1928.  

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 6-9-17

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