The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here: An Analysis of the Development of the Settler State in 19th Century Liberia

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Title:	The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here: An Analysis of the Development of the Settler State in 19th Century Liberia
Author:	David, Magdalene S.
Year:	1984
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy
Volume:	11
Issue:	31
Pages:	57-70
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Liberia
Subjects:	political systems colonists freedmen political economy Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration Ethnic and Race Relations
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056248408703600
Abstract:	The failure of the literature on Liberian political economy to establish the specificity of the early form of the Liberian state prompts the present article which reflects a process of working through the historical development of the Liberian state between 1822 (when the first black American emigrants arrived in Liberia) and 1904 (when the settler state was sufficiently established along the coast to attempt inland expansion of its authority), directed by central issues raised in debates on the peripheral state: the form of the Liberian state, its function, organisation and class character, the relationship between the state and the class structure and the nature of state intervention in the economy. - Bibliogr.