I’m under the weather so I won’t write much today.
But I at least want to share this fascinating story with you!
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old spirituals 
Thanks for sharing that wonderful story!
Hope you feel better soon!
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Thank you, Bobby!
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England outlawed Slavery in 1807, and in 1822 outlawed it in overseas colonies. Liberia was started by Americans before the Civil War for free-born African Americans in the belief they would have more prosperity and freedom in Africa. Wonder what Queen Victoria and Martha Ricks would say about the Liberia of the today.
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I don’t know much about Liberia. But my guess is Queen Victoria would have been outspoken, no matter what her opinions were. Martha Ricks was obviously a woman of great determination. I suspect both women would have called it like they saw it.
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I imagine they would be somewhat disheartened by it and by the state of most of Africa in general. It’s a sad business.
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This is from the Wikipedia article on Liberia: “The Americo-Liberian settlers did not relate well to the indigenous peoples they encountered. Colonial settlements were raided by the Kru and Grebo from their inland chiefdoms. Americo-Liberians formed into a small elite that held disproportionate political power; indigenous Africans were excluded from birthright citizenship in their own land until 1904.”
So the former slaves went to a land that wasn’t theirs and became the unjust colonial elite. Doesn’t that just say a whole lot about how humanity operates. Sigh.
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Wow! I must admit, I know very little about Liberia. When I’m feeling better, I will research it.
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Yes! “There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.”
Frederick William Robertson
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The comments are so interesting! I know the name, Martha Ricks, because I’m a quilter and the quilts of the 1800’s and their history are a love of mine. What a wonderful post, Kimberly! Hope you feel better soon. BTW, Martha’s Coffee Tree quilt would be applique and possibly some embroidery.
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Thank you, Judy!
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