In the aftermath of the American civil war the Southern US was ravaged.The racist beliefs left by the plantation slave culture resurfaced in the formation of the Ku Klux Klan and the brutal suppression of the former slaves who were looking for their rights as citizens.Reconstruction rebuilt the South with Black labor in exchange for the vote and civil rights and equality.The reason this worked is because the Union kept troops in the South and dismantled all Southern governments legislatures and made the South federal territory.When Rutherford Hayes won the election of 1876 the South protested on the bases that their representation was miscounted.So many Southern Congressional reps in particularly from South Carolina began to filibuster Congressional procedures.The Southerners agreed if the President withdrew the Union troops form the South.This gave the power back to the racist and they began denying Blacks the rights to vote.In the wake of this the Liberia and Kansas exodus movements were formed.In Charleston SC a group of exodus people met to form the Liberia Exodus society.They raised money,capital and influence.Then in 1879 the Christened the Bark Azor Steamship for the voyage.The demand for passage was so great some tickets were auctioned off.Only 250 passengers were supposed to be aboard but another 50 stowed away.The Liberians were now a better superior people who had built an independent Black Republic that was able to offer land to African American settlers.When the passengers on the Azor left South Carolina they were already skilled in farming,Blacksmithing,shipping,and other skills.They brought with them tools and a work ethic.In one of Black America's most colorful and heroic moments these brave men and women with them sailed up the St Paul River and built many homes and settlements in the river region.Farming was key and these settlers also had fellow African American traders to buy their crops.These people found heaven in their native land.
Will the Tea Party take over of the government lead to another exodus of African Americans?Already people are leaving the country.Not just Blacks but Whites too.Only the Latinos are flooding in here.There clearly is no real future for the Black man in America.The African American needs a new beginning.
Welcome to the beginning of the the Kala Nation cultural movement.Kala means tribe or bond.In old West Africa Kalas were the building block behind the great empires that linked all African societies together in a complex structure.This kept wars down and protected smaller villages from stronger ones.At the top was the apex kingdom called Mali,which means where the king of kings live.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
African Americans in Liberia,Behold the Promise Land

Black shipping magnet and Quaker Paul Cauffe realized that although he achieved wealth in America he was not safe.This was because the year was 1816 in Boston Mass and in America.Despite of the ban on the slave trade in the US Constitution the slave market in the country still flourished.This meant that the African would forever be linked to human bondage by his color in America.Cauffe decided that only returning to the home of our ancestors would African Americans redeem their humanity and respect.He sailed for British Sierra Leone where he established the settlement Freetown.The success of this gave rise to the American Colony Society.Whites initially started this but that lasted only a few years.The many AA who came quickly founded the first Black Republic.This Republic was a success.While much of Asia,Latin America and Africa was colonized a proud free Black Republic stood.Most people say the settlers oppressed the natives.This was a lie.The settlers ended the slave trade in its borders.They executed slave traders Africans and Whites they caught.The natives tried to defeat the settlers to resume the slave trade.Over the years the native were slowly intergrating into the settler society.Liberia build a modern economy that built the country into the first world.With many problems and setbacks they were determined to be free.Freedom was independence from foreign influence.Liberia expelled many US diplomats over the years.What Liberia needs is unity and the recognition that the Republic is also a part of the African American community.That there are many AA's who can contribute to its development.The US gov has never been a friend of the Liberian people it only wants a colony and a place for militaristic mischief once the war in Iraq is over.Remember it was AA ancestors who founded the country and they are not properly being included.We want to help.We believe all Liberians are brothers.The many tribes,Vai,Mande,Kru,Bassa,Khruah,Americos,ect all can form a powerful cultural alliance.All peoples are great and are needed.The future has AA's returning home and Liberia is the main place to be.
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