Arthington, Liberia
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Arthington is a small town in
Charles Taylor
, the country's 22nd president.
History
The town is named after Robert Arthington, an attorney and philanthropist from Leeds, England who contributed money for former slaves from the Southern United States to emigrate to Liberia and to increase access to Liberia's interior.[1]
Arthington was settled in 1869 by 79
The town was once known for producing sugarcane, coffee, and ginger, and was the location of one of Liberia's most prosperous trading companies in the late 19th century.[2]
The town's architecture, patterned after plantation homes in the Carolinas, was featured in A Land and Life Remembered: Americo-Liberian Folk Architecture (UGA Press, 1988).[5]
References
- ^ American Colonization Society, The African Repository
- ^ a b c Burrowes, Carl Patrick. Power And Press Freedom In Liberia, 1830-1970
- ^ Tayloe, Henry. Letter from Mr. Henry Tayloe, New York, August, 1884. in The African Repository, Volumes 60-62, American colonization society., 1886, page 125-126
- ^ "Eric DeWayne Jackson, Lowndes County Georgia: List Of Emigrants To Arthington, Liberia". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ISSN 0084-0416.