Uh, Liberia.
Liberia,... officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast...[that] began in the early 19th century as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States.Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born people of color who faced social and legal oppression in the U.S., along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. Gradually developing an "Americo-Liberian" identity, the settlers carried their culture and tradition with them; the Liberian constitution and flag were modeled after those of the U.S., while its capital was named after ACS supporter and U.S. President James Monroe.
Liberia declared independence on July 26, 1847, which the U.S. did not recognize until February 5, 1862. On January 3, 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a wealthy, free-born African American from the U.S. state of Virginia who settled in Liberia, was elected Liberia's first president after the people proclaimed independence.
Liberia was the first African republic to proclaim its independence, and is Africa's first and oldest modern republic...
A feeble effort
I’m talking a serious attempt
My gggg grandfather William Dunbar of Natchez
A barrel maker did repatriate his slaves and arranged to send many other back to west Africa
He was scorned for it
People were fearful early 1800s
Haiti massacres fresh in their minds
I’ve actually been to Liberia
Where oddly compared to south haters here
They love their Dixie roots and are proud of the connection
Self righteous indignity is not contagious everywhere