The Rise and Fall of America's Only African Colony (History of Liberia and Americo-Liberians)
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- Today we will catalogue the spectacular rise and catastrophic fall of America's first and last colony in the continent of Africa, known to us today as Liberia.
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Warning: This video contains much more mature content than is normally featured on the Masaman channel. Viewer discretion is advised.
Please let me know your thoughts on the sad ballad of Liberian history and thanks for watching!
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Little known fact, Liberia just concluded their Presidential election yesterday and now an ex-footballer is their President
Marina Brennan and his son just played for the the American under 17 team. Fuck that guy
Anonymous Idiot better than joe bokai
Marina Brennan seriously? That's about as retarded as Manny pacquiao being a congressman.
He is a retired footballer who went into politics, he isn't any worse than Trump who went from businessman, reality star to president.
uyu man I get what you're trying to say with Trump, but not really. At the very least, you could say trump has some business sense, and maybe it could translate to politics. We're talking about a dude who takes punches to the face and a dude who kicks a ball for a living. Very different.
Ethiopia was never colonised by italy. It was occupied during world war two. Saying Ethiopia was colonised by Italy is like saying France was colonised by Germany.
they took over Ethiopia years before WW2, they annexed it, but didn't hold onto it long
But the people who made France was a German tribe....
Laban Wall yes the Frank's they colonized France and took it from the native Celtics.
Dare Afolabi yes, only Eritrea was colonized by Italy but if at any point of time Ethiopia takes over Eritrea (they better not) history will have it that Ethiopia was colonized by Italy.
laser325 The Calts were not a part of the Germanic tribe's and it's the same in differences as the Slavs, simply put they aren't Germanic.
Liberia is a horrific tragedy and a blight to the world. My Black brothers in Liberia could've been the America of Africa, but instead they went down the selfish route and destroyed the most financially successful country in West Africa
Daryl Williams liberia was small America in Africa it became wealthy and powerful in the 60s then declined in 90s
Preach it brother. Drop that fucking truth nuke.
yarpen26 As a non-white person (Filipino) i agree
yarpen26 Although, i think it's also a bit narrow-sighted to use just that arguement by itself. Many different countries have had many more different circumstances, you shouldn't solely lay claim to only one factor.
yarpen26 Normally I don't respond to people comments but this time is very necessary. First your racism is not needed, calling people "stupid and lazy" doesn't prove your point and actually undermined it. Secondly you can't deny that Europe has been fucking with every country since the 1500s, they virtually had a trump card and exploited the fuck out of it (Not saying that any other people wouldn't do the same). And lastly, every country has corrupt leaders the U.S. had fortunately avoided a "Big fisted Boss" but managed to get schemers and embezzlement leaders. So before opening your mouth actually learn a few things.
My parents are from Liberia. They lived there during the war and had near death experiences many times. The trauma they went through, I can’t even imagine it.
I’m from the Gio/Dan tribe.
I had an uncle who was executed during the civil war.
God Bless you and them. Likewise.#Grebo
Do they decent from Americans or natives?
Glad they made it through! Was born there that war 03/1990
You can more than imagine it, because it’s in your dna love. Forever implanted in the never ending memories of us & our ancestors all the way to the beginning of life.
Liberia could've have been the best country to ever come out of Africa. As a Nigerian I always respect Liberian , cuz they are the first people of Africa like it or not, they are. And all the Liberian living here in Nigeria are very nice. And they also cook good food.
What do you mean by Liberians being the first people of Africa?
#1 pinecone the country is over a 160 years since it was founded in 1847... name another country in Africa that was founded then
Anger $ rage, unfortunately, you don't know Liberian history or you're deliberately altering the fact. Do you know that when you had certain names in Liberia than, you could not attend certain schools, not allow to vote, not allowed to enter Monrovia at a certain hour; people were scrip of their Aboriginal names for acceptance.
@anger & rage Liberia was indebted to the Firestone company. Liberia was never wealth as the Americo- Liberian were always indebted to USA financial interest.
@Courtie Shay
Americo Liberians were the ruling ethnic group of the country until they were overthrown by the jealous natives. Charles Taylor's mother was an ethnic Gola while the ethnicity of his father is unknown although their are a few weak reports that he was Americo-Liberian.
Liberia under Americo-Liberian rule in the 70's had a per capita income equivalent to that of Japan.
The natives were participants of the slave trade so if anything it was karma. When the first former Black Americans arrived in Liberia many of the natives were still practicing slavery.
I visited Liberia with my church group in 1989. We enjoyed meeting the people of this area. Unfortunately, three months after we came back, that is when the civil war began. We were completely shocked how the turmoil started so quickly.
Why do you live there. You all hate the west. Make your utopia in Liberia.
@@airwolf5826 A war broke out as I mentioned in the comment above. I know someone who is from Liberia and just went there a few months ago to his father’s funeral. The immense poverty and poorly run government is why I wouldn’t want to live there. Some might hate the west, but that is not me. Only some people are complaining. These are the ones who haven’t traveled abroad. I have.
@@airwolf5826 Where did they say they hate the west?
I was born 1988 I was in most of the wars untill I came to the USA 1998. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
You can blame charles taylor for that
One thing you missed, Ethiopia was not colonized. It was a military occupation. Unlike colonized African countries, Ethiopia didn't pick up on Italian lifestyle, language, or culture. Italy's involvement in Ethiopia is comparable to Germany and France in WW2. Additionally, very few Italians moved to Ethiopia, and resistance was high. Italy did not get much out of occupying Ethiopia. They weren't even recognized by Russia, China, Mexico, America, and New Zealand.
That’s like saying that Togo,Tanzania,Somalia and Eritrea wasn’t colonised since they didn’t embrace or pick up thier European colonisers
Yagoob 70 but those countries literally did pick up traits of the euros, like language and culture. Especially at the time. The Ethiopians didn’t. And the Italians never fully established anything in Ethiopia that is distinctly Italian. Also the Italians never even had full control of Ethiopia anyway.
omg they were not recognized by new zealand...that settles everything
Shut up, actually rich ethiopians adopted the european life style, they still speak italian, there are a lot of italian schools in eritrea and ethiopia
Friûl well I’m Ethiopian who lives in Ethiopia but don’t speak Italian or have an Italian lifestyle but am from a rich family so ........ what do you mean ?
You just triggered a million people by saying that Ethiopia was conquered by the Italians
Nanda Nemwang we wuuuz part of New Roman Empire n shiiit for a decade :D
annexed. colonized. conquered. protectorate. its kind of synonyms : D
its like if i say battle. fight. violent encounter. same shit 😂
ethiopian/center east african still speak italian as langua franca
italia kept a economic/political influence on them after they were defeated
I just love how angry Africans keep on and on how they so bravely fought off the Italians during the first war (and the second one... yeah, let's just conveniently forget that one) but never seem to bring up how back in the 16th century the Portuguese essentially saved their asses from becoming completely overrun by Muslims.
The greatest irony that befell the great nation of Ethiopia is that their capital Addis Ababa was liberated by White South African troops in April 1942....six months or so later, slavery was at last abolished!
5-10 years of military occupation during World War II is hardly colonization on the scale which countries like say Ivory Coast or Algeria experienced. I mean, by that logic Poland and France were German colonies during the late 1930s and 1940s.
I am from Liberia and my grandparents came back from Barbados as free slaves.
Why do you have South African name?
Liberia is one of the most fascinating countries to study. I recommend everyone look into the Liberian civil wars as they are very unique and include rampant use of child soldiers, drugs, and even cannibalism. Not to mention the Liberian civil wars include some crazy things such as cross dressing child soldiers, armies of naked men, and some pretty aesthetic war pictures/videos. Definitely recommend looking into it
8:32 - one the funniest to briefly look over. The incompetence, can only laugh at.
@@gram.I've been laughing through out reading this comment. Oh my days
I knew a girl that was Americo Liberian in college. Her family seeked refuge in the US because of the civil war in the 90’s and briefly dated a man who lost both his parents in the same war.
The 1st thing black Americans did when they founded Liberia, was to start plantations and take slaves. Brutal times and enough blame to go around
Ron Baker : Still doesn't amount to the casualties that you white ppl have done on all conquered seven continents.
"The 1 st thing black Americans did when they founded Liberia, was to start plantations and take slaves."
Owning slavers was specifically banned in Liberia's first Constitution, and it was reconfirmed in later laws. So no, black Americans did not become slaveowners in Liberia.
Stephanie Mitchell lol you kangs sold and enslaved your own people which made it possible for them to be sold to arabs and whites.
Dillon Blair Lmao Whites kidnapped more of you than Arabs, Arabs enslaved north east Africa like (Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea.)
JamesJ Fisk you really need to do your research.
Colonization is not the same as military occupation or annexation. Ethiopia wasn't colonized.
Bryan Murphy ethiopia wasnt occupied or annexed either
gino manshit You're thinking of Somalia.
Pot-ay-to Po-tah-to
@@abanereizei204 ethiopians are still cushions so are somalis.
@@abanereizei204 ethiopians isn't an ethnicity, it's amhara
An amazing, but tragic story. Thanks once more, Masaman.
+Joseph Brendel White people literally ran the place. When the white people left the country erupted into civil war twice.
Ana E beg pardon?? What do you mean by that statement.
Mr Goldfish uhhh no lol
Thanks for reading my comments about my country ( Liberia) and also I appreciate you made a video about the Liberian historic- Cultural relationship with the United States 🇱🇷🇺🇸
Many countries that have said the same thing became destroyed themselves
I'm about Africa you're right
I'm about Africa : I so want to say that you're wrong, but as an American I sometimes think that's happening to America itself...
@I'm about Africa
🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣
Liberia wasn't a colony in the sense of other African colonies "owned" by European countries. Those had a European colonial elite, military from Europe, a governor from Europe and little to no home determination. While the US heavily influenced and subsidized Liberia it was independent from the get-go. Yes, the Americo-Liberians may have been the elite of the country, but its not the same as the Boers of South Africa.
this was the U.S reparations for the freed black slaves of which half a million americans died over. They gave them not only A NATION to rule but the tacit support and protection of the U.S, if only the native americans had such generosity given to them by the americans, a polity in their own lands, what a dream. Yet these bastards, with all of the privileges they enjoy, somehow still want more? it really was a mistake to bring them here in this continent.
They were worse than the Boers, given that whites and coloreds represented 50% of the population of South Africa. Also, blacks in the Cape Province enjoyed their rights for a long time, and do not forget that the presence of whites 500 years ago, 300 years after the arrival of Bantu blacks, while black Americans came to Liberia and directly It became their property, and they represent only 2% of the people. The indigenous people were not considered citizens, and the indigenous people did not enjoy any rights
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@@j4genius961stupido
Great video and really interesting question at the end! It all comes down to one person's definition of empire, as much we like to say there's a uniform definition we still have debates on it, my courses surely still do. It's a really interesting discussion! How would you define an empire?
4:19 That picture is Monrovia, the town outside Los Angeles, CA. Took the first picture off google.
To be fair, this guy has probably never been to Liberia.
@@timtam3730 still doesn’t justify him utilizing inaccurate info
The Republic of Maryland (also known variously as the Independent State of Maryland, Maryland-in-Africa, and Maryland in Liberia) was a small country that existed from 1834 to 1857, when it was merged into what is now Liberia. The area was first settled in 1834 by freed African-American slaves and freeborn African Americans primarily from the U.S. state of Maryland, under the auspices of the Maryland State Colonization Society.[
America never colonized Liberia.These informed trolls need to stop.America never built anything in Liberia it was colonized and built by former slaves who had skills and education in America before they went there
Kalagenesis Radio lol😂 ACS colonized Liberia from 1822 - 1847. Everyone who research the American colonization society will know it was founded and controlled by white Americans many in which were slave owner who wanted to dump freed slaves out of America so they wont interfere with thier way of life. Stop trying to change history to make yourself feel better! Liberia should have been left alone and this won't have happened!! Or they should have dump u in Brazil or another country!!
That was the Colonial society who formed the commonwealth of Liberia which was only 30 square miles on the Montserrado River.There were other independent settlements along the coast that had nothing to do with Liberia the largest was the Territory of Maryland in Africa..It was the settlers themselves who came together after 25 years to form a united republic..The ACS was long gone then Maryland merges with the Republic of Liberia in 1850
Doesn’t matter they built something few in history even can say they built a nation from the jungle and it was beautiful I wrote a novel on this great republic
Kalagenesis Radio congratulation👍👍 u built something only thing that makes u feel good but the the wannbe white superior belief and mistreatment of the locals lead to the end. A lot of you niggas try to ignore for you 15 minutes of greatness😂 Which was gonna happened anyways.
Kalagenesis Radio also the other settlerment you speak of were frome the maryland and missippi colonization society allied but separate from the mainstream ACS but were killed off be the natives mostly kru gredo and bassa groups who land was take by force from white people!
Another great video!! Keep it up Masa!!!
Oh gawd, I'm gonna coooom
The Italian annexation of Ethiopia was more like a short occupation than full colonization. I wouldn't say that they were ever really colonized as those four years didn't really affect the country much in the long run. It'd be like saying that Kuwait was colonized by Iraq in 1990
Noah S Well, Kuwait wasn’t declared as a colony by the occupying power, where as Ethiopia was. Had they been there longer then you may have seen said cultural changes. But that isn’t what constitutes a colony. Ethiopia was conquered and administered as a colony of the new Italian empire, an empire which incidentally did not last long.
Understandable
@@LouisKing995 Thats not true... Ethiopia fought till there last drop of blood and beat Italy with the help of the British. No one recognized Italy's colonization of Ethiopia and Ethiopia was never much affected, all Italy did was bully a peace loving nation trying to modernize and not only that Italy used chemical gas against civilians and soldiers which was outlawed under Geneva . Don't try to change history, thanks to those fascists Ethiopia suffered and many historical objects have been looted not to mention all the gold, ivory and oil also looted. So don't try to pull that colonization bullshit on us. Thanks!
Haile Selassie It doesn’t matter that they weren’t recognised. They existed. The Italian Empire existed just as the third Reich existed. Neither were good, and neither lasted long.
@@LouisKing995 Italy couldn't colonize Ethiopia. Mussolini admitted to that. Fact is Ethiopia wasn't colonized. They fought against any form of colonization.
This was a great video, and I always learn something new
Great video, thank you for sharing.
Just watched Vices documentary on the Warlords in Liberia, have been researching it further and this vid pops up :D how ideal
Plenty thanks for the work, Masaman. Just one small point of correction: Samuel Doe, the first indigenous president of Liberia, was not decapitated. He perished due to loss of blood.
Nice topic, will check out more of your work
Great video again, well done Masaman! :)
Bullshit beyond belief! Stop shooting words as machine gun bullets !
Did anyone else hear "We'll meet again" by the Ink Spots at the very end? It starts at 11:15
Great video. I would love to see more videos on Africa. Could you do one exploring the linguistic origins of the First Nation peoples of Bioko Island? The ethnic group is an endangered group and little seems to be known about their precolonial history, including why their original language and dialects have no similarity to other neighboring continental Bantu groups with which they share common ancestral, people stock, origins with.
Beautiful Mic that sounds like a fascinating show. I love interesting languages.
"First Nations" is a Canadian term. You mean indigenous people.
They are called the Bubi people and are one of the most divergent (there are several more), but not the most divergent, Bantu peoples.
Beautiful Mic
From this guy? No you don't. He's subtly biased and seems to have an agenda. You might like hearing someone talk about your country for a bit and the details of it's history but that doesn't mean he;ll be fair to you or blacks. He seems fair now but I see beyond his facade
Scoring57, that seems a bit assumptive, what do you think his agenda is? Why? I'm curious what his facade would be hiding.
Great vid, very informative
Subscribed, truly enjoyed this video
Massaman when will you start uploading in HD?
omg , so you want to watch these low res pictures in hd? how dumb are u?
You fucking idiot, I meant that he should also get HD pictures.
from where ?:D do you realy think these pics can be found in hd ? how dumb are u?
You fucking idiot, a quick Google search about this topic yealds thousands of HD pictures.
Zag Zagzag ooof
Well, there was also that homeless guy in 19th century San Francisco who claimed to be the Emperor of America, and became a local celebrity who was given royal stylings by the city.
Great stuff new historical knowledge thanks
Thanks for the informative history on the first independence country in Africa and I really enjoyed it
Of course America didn't have an empire in the classical way. However, America has for sure an empire. Take a look at the number of military bases around the world. How many times did America influenced Latin America and others regions of the world to remain in Capitalism.
Đ.G. Red When did I attack black people? What's wrong with you? I simply told how America has its own empire.
Flávio Viana Gomide I get what you're saying don't pay attention to stupid people it's Saturday time to talk about Asia Africa or Europe is going to be a racial thing because somebody going to bring it up it has nothing to do with that we're talking about land so don't even get worked up about it thanks for your opinion and I agree with you
Lacedra Minor Thank you!
I think you mean super power, because it is not an empire but it is definitely super power.
It was either that or have USSR bases all over the planet.
Your narrative is in your perspective. I am a native Liberian and I couldn't agree with you on some of the things you said but I appreciate your interest in Liberian history.
To add what I said in my last comment, I wouldn't disagree with all that you said but I wouldn't also agreed with some of the things said. We were under dictatorship right from the time the return of the former slaves into our country. They were under five percent of the whole population of Liberia at that time but they ruled the country from the 1821 to 1980 when the Americans carried on the coup d'etat 1980 clamming it late Samuel Kenyan Doe. The dictatorship you referred to in the 80s was not the case.
The late president Samuel Kenyan Doe Just took some of the leadership attitudes that were present at that time and the other tribes outside his tribe were oppressed again when they thought he came for all of them. There was only one running party, the indigenous people were not allowed to vote. Their names were changed if they wanted education or part of the country decision making at the local level. Afternoon schools schedules were created to facilities the indigenous people who wanted to go school as to work from 4am in morning till 12 noon so you can resume school at 1pm in the afternoon to 6pm and when you get home from school your working duties starts from that time to midnight . We were not allowed on the same buses, schools and even dating were restricted. I can speak for myself, my father was educated as scott his last name but when he was educating us, we used his indigenous last name because at that time, things were changing. The history of Liberia, does not have the indigenous names in it. It is all about the former slaves. We still suffer from identity crisis today in Liberia.
We want to be everything else except Liberian. We even want to be more Americans on the continent of Africa than Liberians. So is why when you said dictatorship started when president Doe came power, I have serious problems with it. Thank you for sharing the story of Liberia, it is very unique on the continent and not most people aware of this. Were were living in our own country for centuries as slaves and all because of the slaves trade. They gave us what they received and I personally don't blame them but blame the root of slavery and the practice and the process .
@@irina-maria2867 Americo Liberian rulership was wrong and no ARROGANT MINORITY is going to rule over a marginalized majority for long. History proves that time and time again. They locked the native people out of the wealth and didn't try to mix the cultures. I don't think Liberia would exist without black Americans. Liberia would of not existed and been slip between Guinea, Cote D Voire,etc as Colonizers were trying to annex land after it was already established. Doe was a dictator, why would u say he wasnt.
@@irina-maria2867 "our country" didn't exist it was just the peppermint coast.
Well done historical doc!
I love your content dude
Great video, really informative. A shame what hate, ignorance, and greed can do to destroy a country and its population.
This couldn't have been better timed in going to volunteer in Liberia next month and this is just perfect timing to me some extra info on the country so thank you mason
Old fashioned Building co. How would you know if you've never been there
Old fashioned Building co. Lol lies . Sierra Leone was worse or just as bad as Liberia
Old fashioned Building co. Guns are illegal in Liberia fool
Old fashioned Building co. Seems like you might have a personal bad experience because whites in Zimbabwe and South Africa have had it rough in recent times at the hands of native African blacks but Liberia is a thousand miles away from that as for Sierra Leone I'm no expert on the country but nonetheless it's still a different country from Liberia and I've not heard of any bad experience from any whites who've been to Liberia as long you don't do stupid shit you'll be fine
Rory Cullen I'm glad to see that "the white man's burden" mentality still continues to these days
THIS IS ONE OF YOUR BEST, MM. Astounding how much info you accessed and absorbed so fluently. BTW, the older N American populations would argue that that indeed their lands were colonized. Since from the outset (Washington at Boston in 1775, in fact) the planters & lawyers (the Anglo elite) recognized the aboriginal groups indeed had some tenuous kind of legal sovereignty in their traditional economic spheres, and were to be formally addressed as such, it is no big "stretch" to say that the USA had a larger colonial empire than did any European state in Africa (but NOT in Norfamerika (Britain in Canada).
Accurate information about Liberia th-cam.com/video/VTpK-cqrFHc/w-d-xo.html
Awesomely well done.
The USA still has a colony. It's called Guam
Common Zenoric It says *AFRICAN* colony not just colony.
Prussian2211 oh, shot I'm retarded sorry
Genghis Khan I will later
enøziye n stoof you mean territory
@@Prussian-ju5lw It wasnt a colony though, the US government was not involved with the set up of Liberia
They had a traditional empire, but it never included Liberia. They have also had an economic empire since roughly the turn of the 20th century, with the reinterpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, and more recently, with the establishment of the Truman Doctrine and the economic side of the Cold War.
We still have an African colony. It's called Gary, Indiana.
Islet of Langerhans Detroit, Memphis, Cincinnati, we have loads..
Aussie Aryan St Louis, Missouri. #idiot
You forgot about Bronx
@UNPACKED with Ja'Nese Aunt Jemima, go cook some more sauce buffalo bitch!
Washington DC
I had emailed you some ideas for topics, but I wanted to put some more ideas for topics on here in the comments. Topics that I think would make good videos, in addition to the ones I sent you:
1. Who are the Carpatho-Rusyns, especially since the name is so confusing?
2. Neutral Moresnet, the almost Esperanto-speaking country of Amekijo (suggested again on here)
3. Zoroastrianism Explained
4. Jainism Explained
5. Who were the Garamantes?
6. The Kingdom of Beta-Israel
7. The hunter-gatherer city at Poverty Point
8. Solutreans in America 17,000 years ago?
9. Status of Bir Tawil in between Egypt and Sudan
10. Past civilizations and cultures in western Mediterranean (Talayotic, Nurgaic, Torrean, Ancient Malta, etc.), Gobekli Tepe and lesser known ancient cultures of Anatolia, and the indigenous peoples of Myanmar and eastern India (suggested again, but areas of the world that are little known and often overlooked)
11. Indigenous Australia and New Zealand Maori (as well as the "Black War" genocide and the Moriori genocide of the Chatham Islands)
12. Who are the Aleut/Inuit ad the Aleut Internment Camps during WWII
I emailed you some other ideas, but I wanted to post these. I would also suggest readers of this comment list the numbers on here if in the responses if they like these ideas to give you some things to brainstorm, Masaman!
The rich African-American business and bureaucratic elite has never supported Liberia, perhaps because "Anglos" (Americo-Liberians) were always a minority in Liberia.
Ahora ya if huge oil and gas deposits were found, the yanks would be there in a second to dish out some "freedom" to the Liberians! ;)
Mike Spearwood+ Fuck Yea!
Ahora ya maybe they should support themselves and stop shitting on the beach
Ahora ya
Support yourself?
Stop begging for money from the west?
@anger & rage Good.
@1:46 Ethiopia was twice invaded but never conquered by Italy. Eritrea was conquered but the Italians were thoroughly defeated in the mountains.
Good stuff! I had hoped that the Republic of Maryland would get a shout-out, but didn't really expect it; it's pretty obscure.
In human history, every single country or empire has a dark past. I am proud Liberian. The love of Liberty unites us here, a nation founded on our ancestors' sweat, we will uphold it forever and desert it no never...The Lone Star Republic, may her enemies live long to see our progress..
I'm a from Liberia 🇱🇷and I love my country so much.
Great video again. I really like the fair and balanced view you give to your videos. Many people overlook this part of the world as always war and poverty strucken. There was actually a great Frontline doc on Liberia and the American companies there during the civil war(s). Nice to understand the full history of a country that at the mid-point of the last century and much of the Cold War was fairly stable while much of continent were gaining independence movements and going through conflicts. I don't believe this country made country made the USA an empire in the classical sense becuase we as a nation, the USA never had a central figure govern the country like an emperor or monarch. Although up until the Republic, 1830's the American society was ruled by a single class ie the Virginia dynasty of presidents in Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe who favored the settlement of Black Americans in Africa. Also by some extent Jackson who was from Tennessee and similar vain of autocratic leadership and territorial expansion. So in many ways American didn't become an empire until after the American Civil War even there in history were references to "empire" as early as the presidency of Washington and Adams. In terms of land, the American Empire was realized in Manifest Destiny in the land grab of Louisiana Purchase, Southern Territories from Mexico, annexation of the Republic of Texas and over seas territories through purchase, conquest, and bussines endeavor which ended after WWI and statehood of the 49th and 50th states to the union. Liberia was convenient ally in Africa during the Cold War era but not really colonial holding or even vassal state.
Accurate information about Liberia th-cam.com/video/VTpK-cqrFHc/w-d-xo.html
‘Never had an emperor’
*joshua norton has entered the chat*
Very interesting. The more I hear about such historical events regardless of where in the world, the more I think that "common knowledge" of history and historical accounts (even when attempts are made to remove biases) are SO incomplete and school history curricula oversimplified.
If you haven't already, could you do a video on the most endangered people in the world? (bonus points for ancient?) This is kind of fucked up, but I think it would have a lot of appeal for the same reason rare Pokemon cards do- scarcity!
Some examples could be some of the more notable Amazonian tribes (for their amazing repertoire of healing-plants), the Khoisan of South Africa, the Andaman Island groups, and the last few Siberian tribes (that still keep their own language).
I Noticed that Liberian Flag Sorta Looks Modled after the U.S Flag.
Zion Molina you'd be surprised how many nation's modeled their flag after the US
I can't name any off hand, but I know there is a handful of them
The Australian flag is modeled after the British one, for much the same reason.
Aussie Aryan it's just a flag idiot
The Jukes fail
What about every other British colonial flag all modeled after the British flag?
7:45 what weapon was the shirtless guy carrying that it was so heavy that it almost touched the ground ? i rewinded it a couple of time but i can't make out what it is...
Thanks for sharing lights on my country Liberia
The concept of an American empire can definitely be argued both ways in the case of Liberia, being a somewhat special case (i.e.) a colony established with the goals of providing a new homeland for freed slaves. However going a bit farther back in history we can see definite signs of attempted American imperialism in countries such as the Philippines which saw widespread American military intervention all the way to the end of WW2. Although this experiment also failed, it was much closer to "traditional" European colonialism than the Liberian case.
The Americans were way better to their colonies relative to the Europeans.
@@augustopinochet42069 Tell that to the Native Americans - oh, you can't because almost all of them are dead.
@@Bontebok5 lmfao I would not consider that colonization. 98% of the Indians were killed by diseases like smallpox long before the USA was even a nation. And most of the rest of that 2% that survived lived in South America. And you can still talk to natives today you know they aren’t extinct right?
@@augustopinochet42069
And what happened to those that didn't die of disease? You think they lived happily ever after? You ever heard of the trial of tears? The numerous Indian Wars? The rampant poverty and suffering present on Indian reservations today?
And since you bring up extinction, can you name a single people colonized by Europeans that went "extinct"?
Colonialism was bad m'kay, US and European, trying to justify one side makes you look like a clown.
@@Bontebok5 Well most of them died from diseases that were introduced by the Europeans
0:14 *cough* Emperor Norton *cough*
Darth Guilder, did he actually get to power?
Gabriel Eduardo ya he was the emperor of San Francisco
Clorox Bleach, wow. Gonna search a bit more 'bout it. Thanks for the info dude
All Hail our beloved Emperor
Backstage Bum, why do you losers get so butthurt about San Francisco? Is it because we're one of the richest places in the world? One of the most tolerant? One of the most diverse? What is it about us that has got your panties so twisted?
Great post
Thank you very much for this video I didn't know a lot of this history about the black Americans and Liberia has still suffered the same struggles as other African Nations. Btw pause at 9:11 check out there freemason outfits. Great video
this explain the relation between liberia and the usa in victoria 2
shellinglobe 007 and hoi4
really,man i need to buy hoi4 right now
pity Hoi4 Liberia is hard to play, only a few units of rubber as resource and barely any factories or expansion opportunities. You mostly just sit back and watch.
I thought just Liberia's flag was a giveaway.
Masaman just does the best Videos on demographics and history
Not really. He's made mistakes in several videos and didn't cite sources until recently.
+SUM1 I'm sure he's made some mistakes, but I think over all his videos are pretty good, interesting, educational, informative and covering topics that are unpopular for whatever reason, I think it's pretty brave to tackle them, and to do it as scientific and unemotional, u slanted way possible is admirable.
Many of his topics are the basis for deep conversation that people seem to be scared to tackle. There's no reason to be scared and treat topics as taboo... I realize I'm a bit off topic, I'm not refuting your claims at all, but I'm saying that, unless the info is grossly wrong or skewed, then I don't think it really matters, it doesn't to me, but ideally less mistakes is great and citing info can be be very important.
Cheers
This Liberia thing was really really weird. The former slaves that returned back to Africa, go on to be the elite class and the country does fairly well until the native blacks from the area get pissed and overthrow the ruling class.
Scott89878 Why was that weird? The ex Slaves from America went their with an idea of ruling the country, the way we have democracy here in Europe. It failed. If you look at quite a few countries in Africa, you will notice that democracy doesn't seem to work very well.
I just think it's weird that ex slaves go back to their home continent and become the elite class over the native blacks. I'm not too surprised by it, though. Whether democracy works or not is a matter of resources. A country with a lot of oil or diamonds lends itself to dictatorships, but a country that is more balanced lends itself to democracy. Africa as a whole also suffers from outside influences, just like the middle east, often propping up dictatorships that end up being beneficial to western nations.
my family lived in lib during the war.. and being mandingo, they were deff a target.. I still can’t believe she found a way to america and brought her entire family (mom, kids, cousins, nieces/nephews etc) over to america and make a better life for all of us
Weird question are you Muslim by any chance? I wonder the history of Islam in Liberia, especially Congo people interactions with Islam. I imagine Congo perception of Islam was the same as indigenous African religion, hostility.
@@CookiesNCreme-ty6wz my mom side of the family is muslim, yes
@@CookiesNCreme-ty6wz i’m not but my mom side is
*Masaman* - So again, I have to ask - did America ever have an Empire?
*Me* - _...thinks how the video was largely a concise history of the nation of Liberia and, however very enjoyable, doesn't answer that question because 1. What is Empire, and 2. Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Filipinas, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa etc...._ Umm, dunno still? But very good video. Liked it a lot. I'd like to see you do one about _Does America have an Empire?_
They still do have an empire
They have presence all over the world and have been involved in countless regime changes
Let me correct and school you here Masaman. Ethiopia was NEVER colonized. BTW, thanks for your video.
Basically, there was no Eritrea before the Italians invaded the first time around. The name Eritrea was given to that part of the continent by themselves. The whole region from some parts of present day Sudan, present day Eritrea, present day Djibouti and present day Somalia were all Abyssinia (Ethiopia) for hundreds of years. Eritrea was colonized by the Brits for 10 years and later by the Italians for 50 years who used it as a base of sorts to organize their further efforts of colonization. Emperor Menelik aided by his warrior queen, Empress Taytu (unfortunately because of her gender, she didn't get as much recognition as him) made sure that the Italians didn't conquer Ethiopia by decisively defeating them on the battle of Adwa at 1896 in a single day 💪. Thousands were killed on both sides. The Emperor could't and didn't chase them out of their base in Eritrea after the battle of Adwa because of a number of logistical reasons.
The Italians didn't come back to invade Ethiopia until 1935 (almost 40 years later) and successfully OCCUPIED it but did not colonize it and they did that by using a banned and illegal warfare chemical agent known as mustard gas. For 5 years the Italians in Ethiopia faced massive resistance by the Ethiopian fighters mainly in the countrysides. They were ousted 5 years later by the help of the English. This was a long story made short. 👌
Cool. I have wondered why America had Liberia as a colony for a time period after seeing a map with it listed as America.
Liberia, my home country, Bassa my tribe. Survivor of the Charles Taylor Civil War. I was there from the beginning of the war. I was there until Charles Taylor Rebels forces made it to Monrovia, we walked from Liberia to Sierra Leone 3 and half weeks of walking and going through Rebels check-points. Spend two years in Refugees camps in Sierra Leone.. I still remember walking across that Sierra Leone Bridge thinking the Rebels might shoots us all down before we made it across at 9 years old. Sitting in America now thanks to my father coming to get my sister and I and my mother for protecting us through the war!!!
Hero dad, glad to see you made it.
I always want to comment because there are some really interesting things between the lines of what this video covers but every time i scroll through some comments, I learn that this isn't the theater for for Socratic discussion..
Yup
You forgot to mention how their was indigenous tribes living in Liberia way before the freed slaves came there.
Can you do an episode on the Black Nova Scotians of Sierra Leon, this reminds me so much of them!
Very interesting channel
The only way this would have worked is if the entire country of Liberia was only American Freedmen. Anytime you forcefully bring two different cultures together you create the mess we see today in South Africa, Liberia, Brazil, America, Israel, pretty much everywhere.
Sound like you are saying diversity is bad and that nations should have ethnic identities like Israel. If that is true, why is the US the number one economy and military? People here are from varied cultures like England, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, etc.
@@azchris1979 Israel doesn't really have an ethnic identity, they have a religious one
Yep! You summed it up pretty well.
Fantastic episode, I really learnt a lot about a subject I wasn't even aware existed.
I'm refering to great swathes of ex-slaves moving to Africa in a realatively organised fashion. I really never knew that ever happened or that these peopele ever even existed.
I must watch this episode again.
And one of the first things they got up to was.....enslaving the natives
Great vídeo i loved it, but can you make a video about emperor Maximiliano of hubsburd and Benito Juarez what they did for the Mexican people on the positive and negative in both guys please????
Just a correction, the Confederates didn't settle 'just outside of Rio'. The colony of Americana, which they founded, is located in the state of São Paulo which is to the south of Rio
2:22 The map of slavery trade-routes should have the thickest arrows of slaves going through Islamic countries, as slavery lasted longer and harder under Islam. Almost all were CASTRATED, so you will not see a Black face in Iraq or Tunisia today.
Also, you should mention that the Amero-Liberians enslaved their African brethren. Unlike in the U.S., slavery was only made illegal in Liberia in...wait for it...1930.
Dracopol you're not as smart as you would like to be old sport.
Who taught these sad individuals their ways....America...
Stop your lies because you want to insult Africans you pig.
But he's right lol. It's kind of hard to dispute an argument that has a factual basis. Americo-Liberians took their sophisticated American culture and philosophies with them, including enslaving the native population of Liberia. Ah the unfailing selfish tendencies of all humans.
Dracopol sources?? Evidence?????
the dankest stop being a lazy Liberian and look it up.
I wouldn’t call it an American colony. It was more of a project by the American Colonization Society, which wasn’t a government group. It was never under the administration of the US government, so it can’t really be said to have been a colony, territory, or part of the United States. Nonetheless, the American connection can not be ignored, as it has always shaped the history of this fascinating country.
What's the image of the states in a schoolhouse called at 0.59?
Since the first continental congress was held prior to the declaration of independence you could make an argument for that the us have been under the rule of a monarch for about half a year.
You should rename your channel as "Hidden Histories"
If it were up to me I would have found an island with a large capacity for population but not nearly as many people as it can hold, and then give the option, even with some incentives, for Black Americans to move to it in the 1870s. Liberia was guaranteed issues with the whole native Liberians vs Americo-Liberians. Islands that were uninhabited before European exploration often had the capacity for a decent sized population but previously no one had found yet for their relative remoteness. Mauritius was uninhabited before the Portuguese established a base. Nowadays it has 1.25 million people. A place like that would have allowed for less cultural and ethnic divides.
Deeply confused by the map shown at 2:05 it shows Maryland located above Guinea?
Awesome
Liberia could've been a diamond in the rough if the natives knew their place. Once again jealousy causing the weak to tear down the strong leaving nothing but violence, disease and famine. When will we ever learn ti try and emulate success instead of destroying it.
MrKmas508 it was a the diamond of Africa until the 90s
thegigadykid1 I know it's a shame it fell so hard and so fast. It could've been a positive African model for other countries to copy.
MrKmas508 exactly but black Americans can never have anything
Liberia under the ALs was in no way comparable to the Apartheid South Africa which was indeed benefitial to the local blacks. The ALs didn't give two shits about the natives, they continued their pisspoor existence exactly the same way they had for centuries prior. Hell, even the ALs themselves were hardly civilized: their almost entire economic development was driven by mindless extraction of natural resources (whereas South Africa was a booming technological hub), more often than not sold left and right to the European and American companies for a quick cash-grab. They produced _no_ literature, there are hardly even any photos of Liberia under their rule. They were just your typical African "elite": self-obsessed, stupid and lazy.
The natives, of course, weren't better. But Liberia would have gone to shits either way. Hell, it has _always_ been in shits.
mrkjsmooth16 Blacks have all of sub Saharan Africa and most of the Caribbean. Stop expecting to be given something and instead make it yourself.
Do the Baltic states
love each other?
BingBong Hafu
No they dont, they just
Are friends
Hail Estonia.
Hail Latvia
Interesting video, but a couple of errors regarding Doe, or rather his demise. He was neither executed publicly or beheaded. He was tortures on video, but it was generally accepted that he died from blood loss, partly from the torture, but more likely from the wounds he received during his earlier capture at Monrovia port. The confusion is added to, intentionally or otherwise, by the juxtaposition of the commentary over a frame of the public shooting on the beach of members of the cabinet of President Tolbert Tolbert, the President himself having been murdered during the coup.
I'm certain that island shown at 1:09 is a Battliefield 4 multiplayer map
That is one sexy artwork on the thumbnail!
Thank you for this video, as the son of Liberian immigrants, my parents always tell me about how well everything was going before the savagery of the coup and the successive wars. It's much better now even after ebola hit, but it's still got a ways to go to recover.
Hey could be pretty interesting to talk about the South Africa with the Oranje Vrystaat and the English..
When people say Ethiopia wasn't colonized, I think they generally mean it was not colonized during the initial scramble for Africa in the 1800s. I didn't realize not knowing about Liberia was a thing (regarding the two African nations not colonized by Europe.) Great video though, thanks for making this.
Ethiopia had an occupation, not colonization. Same with Yemen. Both were occupied.
ethiopia wasnt colonized. it was only occupied
America Had African Colonies , looks like you learn something new everyday
Zion Molina Yeah. It's called Detroit.
It wasn't really a colony, it was created to be its own independent country.
African colonies of U.S.A: Detroit, St. Louis and all the ghettoes of U.S.A.
Ethiopia was never colonized by Italy. They tried but they failed miserably.
It was destroyed by a Soviet-backed communist regime.
Can you talk about the history of French Algeria in one of your videos one day?
I am kind of amazed there were folks going there in the past with enough money at first when arriving to be considered an elite. I always assumed any elite there got it by working up upon arrival and how well it established themselves it lead to the progression of a elite family line.