Zadie Smith Quotes

In 1822 Freed American Slaves (known As Americo-Liberians, Or, Colloquially, Congos) Founded The Colony At The Instigation Of The American Colonization Society, A Coalition Of Slave Owners And Politicians Whose Motives Are Not Hard To Tease Out. Even Liberia's Roots Are Sunk In Bad Faith. Of The First Wave Of Emigrants, Half Died Of Yellow Fever. By The End Of The 1820s, A Small Colony Of Three Thousand Souls Survived. In Liberia They Built A Facsimile Life: Plantation-style Homes, White-spired Churches.

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