Liberia was originally founded as a home in Africa for freed slaves, hence the name.
Liberia was settled by freed American slaves in the early 19th century. It was founded as a colony by the American Colonization Society as a place for freed African-Americans to return to Africa.
there were no futher attempts to keep the colony going
Brazil was the country in which the African colony of Palmares was located. The colony was a haven for escaped slaves, 1605-1694. It was located in the modern day Alagoas, which is in northeastern Brazil. Before, during and after the existence of the African colony, Brazil was under the colonial rule of Portugal.Brazil
The African nation founded by former American slaves was Liberia.
North American
Liberia
The first African slaves were brought to the American colonies by the Spanish. They were located in the San Miguel de Gualdape colony, founded by Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon.
Liberia is the the once coleney for American slaves
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
i believe they were African slaves that would brought to America
English (Quakers), Pennsylvania German/Dutch, and Scots-Irish. There were also some African American slaves.