People / group
Congo people (Liberia)
In Liberia, Congo people, or Congoes, were the Africans freed from slave ships by the United States Navy and settled in Liberia in the 19th century, many of them originally taken from the Congo region. They merged largely with the Americo-Liberian elite, and in Liberian usage the name later came to mean all descendants of the settlers.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Congo people (Liberia). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/congo-people-liberia
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- “Congo people (Liberia).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/congo-people-liberia. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Congo people (Liberia).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/congo-people-liberia.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Congo people (Liberia)’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/congo-people-liberia (Accessed: ).
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