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Liberia was set up as an American colony for the repatriation of black American slaves. While it was not run as a settler colony or administered from the metropole on the French or British models, it was still very much a colonial state built on land that was previously the domain of Africans.[[User:Jacobin|Jacobin]] 01:20, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
Liberia was set up as an American colony for the repatriation of black American slaves. While it was not run as a settler colony or administered from the metropole on the French or British models, it was still very much a colonial state built on land that was previously the domain of Africans.[[User:Jacobin|Jacobin]] 01:20, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
Since the statement in the article cites the CIA Factbook, which I consider to be a very reliable source, I'm satisfied with that explanation. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 01:21, 11 April 2007 (EDT)