A very unfortunate fact: The freed slaves who arrived in Liberia, known as Americo-Liberians, didn’t exactly get along with the indigenous people, and vice versa. While they managed to create a constitution and establish a Black-led state, the locals were still left marginalized. In the end, Liberia became a reflection of the U.S.'s manifest destiny rather than a true home for all its people.
The problem was the people who got there for almost their whole lives had only known the brutality of slavery. So they thought that was the normal way of things. It got so bad at one point the lighter skin African Americans started were referred to as whites and the darker skin indigenous blacks/you know.
Very interesting and honestly, I don’t think the United States would’ve kept Liberia anyway especially since they didn’t have much interest in keeping it
Perhaps the most important reason for the apparent lack of interest in war in Liberia: the US was fighting the Mexican - American War from 1846 - 1848. One war was enough.
honestly I wonder if the US HADN'T given up Liberia so early and waited until modern decolonization what the outcome would be ? Liberia is seriously underfunded and wouldn't have been high priority in the US' eyes at all, but maybe some investment from the US before peaceful independence later on would have put them in a better place today? Other African countries that decolonized later still find themselves in a similar position though.
First, the nation of Liberia should have been independent much sooner. Second, it probably ended up being a good thing for America. This could have been another drain on the US economy, even today. Some of the US's possessions and other places have come at a great cost.
We were not fully committed to it.The free slaves that were there, they just went back home And we didn't exactly get along with the populace but I would say this though good thing we've left right before it gotten too bad In other words it was a failed plan from the start Especially given that most black americans wanted to stay in the united states , they didn't want to go back to Africa
Between 1821 and 1846, Liberia was most definitely an American colony - being a group of settlements colonised by Americans - specifically, the American Colonization Society - a private company, not the US government. The same is true of almost all the original British colonies in the Americas, which were established by private British companies, not by the British government. But you are correct inasmuch as the US government never held legal or military jurisdiction over the colony of Liberia. In contrast, the British government certainly demanded legal and military jurisdiction over almost all the colonies that were established by private British companies throughout the world. (This convention had been established by the early Norman and Plantagenet kings - especially Henry II, whose cousins were busy galavanting around Ireland building castles and attempting to establish kingdoms to rival his own.)
@ And exactly which particular actual facts would you be referring to? This video was pretty detailed with actual facts. If a place outside of the USA is established by, populated by, and run by Americans, then it is an ‘American colony’. In Liberia’s case, it was never a colony of the US government. In the USA, the earliest colonies were established and settled by private companies, such as the Plymouth Company, and the London Virginia Company (which established Virginia). The were settled and run by British companies, so they were called ‘British colonies’. Although they had to function under British law, the British government did not attempt to directly interfere in the running of these endeavours until the revocation of the Charter of Massachusetts and the establishment of the short-lived Dominion of New England in 1680. Instead of just denying the facts that I have presented (which anybody can look up and confirm) without attempting a contrary argument, why not present one single fact, or attempt to persuade with a single premise to frame your argument. I don’t even know exactly what I have written that you are claiming is false. They are all simple facts of history and established semantic conventions.
@ I did not need to repeat all the facts in the video. Watch it again. Exactly which facts are false? (The reason I included facts about the colonisation of the USA was to provide an analogy, in case you were unclear about what was meant by an “American colony”.)
Here Are The Greatest Colonies Of The United State's Of America ( In Order ) 🇺🇲 1. Liberia ( 1822 - 1847 ) 🇱🇷 ( Still Waiting For A Chance To Become Rich In The Future ) 2. The Philippines ( 1898 - 1946 ) 🇵🇭 ( Advancing ) 3. South Korea ( 1945 - 1949 ) 🇰🇷 ( Famous With Beauty ) 4. Japan ( 1945 - 1952 ) 🇯🇵 ( Future Of Today ) DECEMBER 14, 2024
Sending people born in America (sometimes 2nd or 3rd gen) to a place in Africa where their ancestors weren't from was foolish. You had free American blacks colonizing Africa subjigating the native population. The only way this pipe dream could have worked would be if every freed slave was sent to uninhibited land. They should have just made a black state in nebraska or sent them all to utah or alaska.
I’m sure they wished they were part of the US now. It’s the same reason why American Samoa will never declare independence, live there is much better compared to independent Samoa.
Any major movement back to Africa would have to be lead by powerful Black men with lots of money, and most Black men with enough power and money to lead such a movement would rather stay in America where there are lots of women of many different races for them to date. Sorry if I offended anyone, that's just my two cents.
@@moonlight.6969no because France and Britain didn’t want the other to have it. And Thailand was strong enough to fight off initial colonialization attempts and incursions. France and Britain couldn’t care less about what Russia thinks about their colonial endeavors.
Do you think Japan and south Korea would have became huge economies if the U.S did not support and land them sufficient money, the western world is responsible for most of the instability in 3rd world country, because they are maliciously kept poor so that the western world can continue extracting as as possible without much threat and preventing any change to that system, they did similare to african american in the U.S always making they don't go anywere in termes of economic status
Same reason the US did not annex Mexico in the American-Mexican War. Governing land inhabited by people with a different skin color was politically and culturally untenable for the widely held racist beliefs of the time. And unlike European powers, the US had the luxury of continent-wide expansion by displacing Native Americans and replacing them with white settlers.
In an alternative timeline, I would like to see Liberia establish their own empire after taking independence and start annexing neighboring countries and admit new territory within the Liberian empire.
And anyone who tries to samerican appearalism, especially the Africans. All I have to do is just look at the countries that you'll fleet you, but you know, is this has nothing to do with the Imperialism it was about U.S trying to get rid of their black population in the United States.
@@werrheinsmith The point stands then since they didn't knew it back then and I'm pretty sure if there was actually a mianland oil rig at the time then Liberia would never become independent
@@moonlight.6969some people are just idiots. Liberia got its independence in 1847 and officially recognized in 1862. Oil was almost irrelevant back then
@@moonlight.6969 sure thing, cry with your absolutely zero evidence, sense, and only complete heresy but what’s the expect when your personality is U.S. bad.
2:59 "proving that ***** ppl were capable of running a modern state" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAJJAHHAHAJAJAHAHAJJAJAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
The leadership of Liberia at the time was richer than you & your whole family will be your whole life lol. Ofc the country wasn’t good but that’s not what they’re cared about at all lol
@@captainjake7417 The country was run by the American Colonization Society until 1847/8, the neighbouring "Maryland in Africa" was similarily run. After an initial period the ACS in 1828 restricted itself to appointing a (white) governor and vice-governor, while the country was run by a senate and all colored men had suffrage. In practice it was independent from then, this was confirmed in 1848 when Britain refused to recognize Liberian tolls because Liberia was a "private project". The United States ambassador in the UK agreed. This prompted the declaration of independence which was duly recognized by the UK, France, Prussia etc. The US only recognized Liberia in 1862 because of racism (there is a good paper on this and the late recognition also of Haiti). However as confirmed in the diplomatic crisis of 1848, the colony was always a semi-private project and never an "american colony" in the sense of being under american sovereignty. Any ambiguity that existed before was swept away by the diplomatic crisis of 1847/8. Passing american warships at times intervened to help Liberia in it's wars both before and after independence, as did the british at times. This does not make it a colony in my opinion. For shure things could have turned out differently, like with the "Texas Republic", but at no time did the US government in any way act to control Liberia, to my knowledge. Source: Chapters 12-21 in "History of Liberia" (1921) by Thomas Walker, Cornhill Publishing Company, Boston
A very unfortunate fact:
The freed slaves who arrived in Liberia, known as Americo-Liberians, didn’t exactly get along with the indigenous people, and vice versa. While they managed to create a constitution and establish a Black-led state, the locals were still left marginalized. In the end, Liberia became a reflection of the U.S.'s manifest destiny rather than a true home for all its people.
animal farm
@@werrheinsmith not animal farm, just their material conditions
The problem was the people who got there for almost their whole lives had only known the brutality of slavery. So they thought that was the normal way of things. It got so bad at one point the lighter skin African Americans started were referred to as whites and the darker skin indigenous blacks/you know.
Like father, like son
It's even more sad because they had a functioning economy back then and now with local rule Liberia is one of the poorest countries in Africa.
Liberia was never an official US possession to begin with.
1:49 biblically accurate America
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Multi-ocular America
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Very interesting and honestly, I don’t think the United States would’ve kept Liberia anyway especially since they didn’t have much interest in keeping it
In a nut shell, short-sightedness.
Liberia was never a colony of the US. Ever. This is a rewriting of history.
Great explanation
WOAH SUB EXPLOSION
I'm Polish and I know that Poland has tried to colonise it for exotic fruits after the WW1
Perhaps the most important reason for the apparent lack of interest in war in Liberia: the US was fighting the Mexican - American War from 1846 - 1848. One war was enough.
Imagine they did a manifest destiny in Africa
Monrovia, Liberia's capital named after the 5th US president James Monroe.
Why did the ACS dissolve almost a century after the civil war ended 😭😭😭
Even today the back to Africa movement still exists
Because America still did imperialism
@@bloemkoolendestreetgang450 The hell we did.
@@DTD110865😂😂Lmao
@@natenae8635 Your "American Imperialism" claim is a crock of shit. It has ALAWAYS been a crock of shit.
honestly I wonder if the US HADN'T given up Liberia so early and waited until modern decolonization what the outcome would be ? Liberia is seriously underfunded and wouldn't have been high priority in the US' eyes at all, but maybe some investment from the US before peaceful independence later on would have put them in a better place today? Other African countries that decolonized later still find themselves in a similar position though.
First, the nation of Liberia should have been independent much sooner. Second, it probably ended up being a good thing for America. This could have been another drain on the US economy, even today. Some of the US's possessions and other places have come at a great cost.
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Another good video. 👍
Liberia county flags > US State flags
So true
Me when I'm in a blue background with seal competition and my opponent is US state flags
I can only think of that one flag in Liberia with a river and is ugly
me when I'm in a made in microsoft paint competition and my opponent is Liberian county flags
sorry your mum doesn't love you
Would love to see a lot of "why ____ gave up ____"
Most of it has to do with financial costs, sometimes it was due to foreign pressure.
Really a nice video🤝🏻
Salve maestro
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We were not fully committed to it.The free slaves that were there, they just went back home And we didn't exactly get along with the populace but I would say this though good thing we've left right before it gotten too bad In other words it was a failed plan from the start Especially given that most black americans wanted to stay in the united states , they didn't want to go back to Africa
You gradually become the Next History Matters, my friend.
they weren’t white
damn...
Saved a lot of time for non-black people who aren't naive. 😂. I am black so I appreciate the minor details.
If that was the case, the US would have gave up Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and would have given up the Philippines way sooner.
I see a great future
good stuff
1:46 is that like a thousand stars?
good videos good channel
Liberia, land of liberty-what a place to be President Tubman...
A better world, we are not.
A bit sad for the use of IA for the voice, overall really nice content tho
liberia was never a colony of the u.s., that is simply false
Between 1821 and 1846, Liberia was most definitely an American colony - being a group of settlements colonised by Americans - specifically, the American Colonization Society - a private company, not the US government. The same is true of almost all the original British colonies in the Americas, which were established by private British companies, not by the British government.
But you are correct inasmuch as the US government never held legal or military jurisdiction over the colony of Liberia. In contrast, the British government certainly demanded legal and military jurisdiction over almost all the colonies that were established by private British companies throughout the world. (This convention had been established by the early Norman and Plantagenet kings - especially Henry II, whose cousins were busy galavanting around Ireland building castles and attempting to establish kingdoms to rival his own.)
@@noelleggett5368 that's a silly re-working of actual facts
@ And exactly which particular actual facts would you be referring to? This video was pretty detailed with actual facts. If a place outside of the USA is established by, populated by, and run by Americans, then it is an ‘American colony’. In Liberia’s case, it was never a colony of the US government. In the USA, the earliest colonies were established and settled by private companies, such as the Plymouth Company, and the London Virginia Company (which established Virginia). The were settled and run by British companies, so they were called ‘British colonies’. Although they had to function under British law, the British government did not attempt to directly interfere in the running of these endeavours until the revocation of the Charter of Massachusetts and the establishment of the short-lived Dominion of New England in 1680.
Instead of just denying the facts that I have presented (which anybody can look up and confirm) without attempting a contrary argument, why not present one single fact, or attempt to persuade with a single premise to frame your argument. I don’t even know exactly what I have written that you are claiming is false. They are all simple facts of history and established semantic conventions.
@@noelleggett5368 you like to include a lot of extra stuff, to obscure from the fact that your claim is spurious
@ I did not need to repeat all the facts in the video. Watch it again. Exactly which facts are false?
(The reason I included facts about the colonisation of the USA was to provide an analogy, in case you were unclear about what was meant by an “American colony”.)
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What is the basis to support the claim that Liberia was ever a "colony" of the Federal Government?
They wish they hadn't 😁
We gave it up because we intended for them to become independent.
History books never dare to classify Liberia, the Philipines, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Pacific islands grabbed from Japan as colonies.
Here Are The Greatest Colonies Of The United State's Of America ( In Order ) 🇺🇲
1. Liberia ( 1822 - 1847 ) 🇱🇷 ( Still Waiting For A Chance To Become Rich In The Future )
2. The Philippines ( 1898 - 1946 ) 🇵🇭 ( Advancing )
3. South Korea ( 1945 - 1949 ) 🇰🇷 ( Famous With Beauty )
4. Japan ( 1945 - 1952 ) 🇯🇵 ( Future Of Today )
DECEMBER 14, 2024
It's easier to control the political elites and finances of a country than military occupation.
now why the united states didn't left the philippines being a country after the expulsion of the spaniards and instead being its colony
Sending people born in America (sometimes 2nd or 3rd gen) to a place in Africa where their ancestors weren't from was foolish. You had free American blacks colonizing Africa subjigating the native population. The only way this pipe dream could have worked would be if every freed slave was sent to uninhibited land. They should have just made a black state in nebraska or sent them all to utah or alaska.
Or just, you know, treat them like every other American citizen
I’m sure they wished they were part of the US now. It’s the same reason why American Samoa will never declare independence, live there is much better compared to independent Samoa.
Any major movement back to Africa would have to be lead by powerful Black men with lots of money, and most Black men with enough power and money to lead such a movement would rather stay in America where there are lots of women of many different races for them to date. Sorry if I offended anyone, that's just my two cents.
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theme suggestion:
why/how Thailand was never colonized?
coz of russia's interference
Good idea, thank you! I might make that in the future.
@@moonlight.6969no because France and Britain didn’t want the other to have it. And Thailand was strong enough to fight off initial colonialization attempts and incursions. France and Britain couldn’t care less about what Russia thinks about their colonial endeavors.
@@kylezdancewicz7346 then you just don't know the history facts. If not maybe learn more before commenting what you think
@@moonlight.6969how did I know that the comments section on this video would just be a battle of the tism 😂😂
youll be famous bro
Almost 200 years of independence- still poor.
Do you think Japan and south Korea would have became huge economies if the U.S did not support and land them sufficient money, the western world is responsible for most of the instability in 3rd world country, because they are maliciously kept poor so that the western world can continue extracting as as possible without much threat and preventing any change to that system, they did similare to african american in the U.S always making they don't go anywere in termes of economic status
Majority of Liberia is owned by private investors rather than their people
@@CaineTheMainevirgin liberia citizens vs chad private investor
@@stevethecreatorofworlds based
Dude i live in the west and im poor, struggling and highly skilled
We aint all rich @@cardett75
HOW MANY STARS?!?!?!?! 1:48
Liberia declared independence in 1847 and the US recognized it as a Sovereign Nation in 1862.
Same reason the US did not annex Mexico in the American-Mexican War. Governing land inhabited by people with a different skin color was politically and culturally untenable for the widely held racist beliefs of the time. And unlike European powers, the US had the luxury of continent-wide expansion by displacing Native Americans and replacing them with white settlers.
2:57 the irony
1:46 American flag after "liberating" the 1432nd country to become a state! :)
In an alternative timeline, I would like to see Liberia establish their own empire after taking independence and start annexing neighboring countries and admit new territory within the Liberian empire.
3:50-3:57 It's "per sé".
have you ever been to liberia
Because it sounded a bit like the word library, and we hate those.
Per say??? Maybe per se
And anyone who tries to samerican appearalism, especially the Africans. All I have to do is just look at the countries that you'll fleet you, but you know, is this has nothing to do with the Imperialism it was about U.S trying to get rid of their black population in the United States.
There was no oil. There you go.
Liberia has offshore oil
@@werrheinsmith The point stands then since they didn't knew it back then and I'm pretty sure if there was actually a mianland oil rig at the time then Liberia would never become independent
@@moonlight.6969some people are just idiots. Liberia got its independence in 1847 and officially recognized in 1862. Oil was almost irrelevant back then
@@kylezdancewicz7346 XD
@@moonlight.6969 sure thing, cry with your absolutely zero evidence, sense, and only complete heresy but what’s the expect when your personality is U.S. bad.
Don’t use ai voice
Too black for 1800’s America
I have a better one for you...why not.
2:59 "proving that ***** ppl were capable of running a modern state"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAJJAHHAHAJAJAHAHAJJAJAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
The leadership of Liberia at the time was richer than you & your whole family will be your whole life lol. Ofc the country wasn’t good but that’s not what they’re cared about at all lol
You'd be surprised how many of us were thinking the same thing.
Be quiet, troll.
So you wanna tell people
That Liberia was American colony stop propaganda
United States has NEVER HAD IT
Wrong and ignorant😂
@@captainjake7417 He's right
@@captainjake7417 The country was run by the American Colonization Society until 1847/8, the neighbouring "Maryland in Africa" was similarily run. After an initial period the ACS in 1828 restricted itself to appointing a (white) governor and vice-governor, while the country was run by a senate and all colored men had suffrage. In practice it was independent from then, this was confirmed in 1848 when Britain refused to recognize Liberian tolls because Liberia was a "private project". The United States ambassador in the UK agreed. This prompted the declaration of independence which was duly recognized by the UK, France, Prussia etc. The US only recognized Liberia in 1862 because of racism (there is a good paper on this and the late recognition also of Haiti). However as confirmed in the diplomatic crisis of 1848, the colony was always a semi-private project and never an "american colony" in the sense of being under american sovereignty. Any ambiguity that existed before was swept away by the diplomatic crisis of 1847/8. Passing american warships at times intervened to help Liberia in it's wars both before and after independence, as did the british at times. This does not make it a colony in my opinion. For shure things could have turned out differently, like with the "Texas Republic", but at no time did the US government in any way act to control Liberia, to my knowledge.
Source: Chapters 12-21 in "History of Liberia" (1921) by Thomas Walker, Cornhill Publishing Company, Boston
Basically,they wanted to flush the toilet and move on.
Stopped watching AI voice ruined it
You know, everyone has problems doesn't mean you have to be a little crybaby about it
AI voice gross
Then don’t watch then stupid
History Speedrum, please stop the lies ok. The United States did give up Liberia, please go do a thorough research.
I’m confused lol isn’t that what the whole video is about?
That is literally what he said in the Video 😂
Learn grammar, spelling, and logic
@@bobbycai2475 He got upset before he watched the video.
@@jasminesnead2517 you sure about English lady. I think you need that.
"give up a place thats just stolen land"