From Mississippi to Liberia

Sixteen tribes with their own unique dialects compose the ethnic makeup of most of Liberia, a country on the western coast of Africa, 5,700 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States. They long predate the freed African American slaves who are credited with founding the country in 1847 with help from the American Colonization Society.

Women dance at Liberian Independence Day event in Monrovia on July 26, 2018, as they ...

Liberian President George Weah arrives at Barclay Training Center in Monrovia to salute the troops ...

Harry Ross, a Liberian who believes he descends from Mississippi, stands in front of his ...

The Student Unification Party, led by Butu Levi and Martin Kollie (center), protest the president ...

A present-day image of Prospect Hill Plantation in Lorman, Miss taken on July 6, 2018.

Joseph Duo, who was captured in one of the most iconic photos from the Liberian ...

George Bull, who now works as a taxi driver, has painful memories from fighting in ...

Freed African-American slaves signed the Declaration of Independence in the basement of Providence Baptist Church ...

Siatta Scott-Johnson is a journalist in Liberia, who produced "Iron Ladies of Liberia," a documentary ...

Sianneh Beyan, 32, and her 11-month-old son, Charles Allen, walk down a winding dirt road ...

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From Mississippi to Liberia

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