Americo-Liberian people

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Americo-Liberian people (also known as Congo people or Congau people) are a Liberian ethnic group of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and liberated African origin. Americo-Liberians trace their ancestry to free people of color and emancipated African Americans and West Indians who emigrated in the 19th century to become the founders of the state of Liberia. They identified themselves as Americo-Liberians. Although the terms "Americo-Liberian" and "Congo" had distinct definitions in the nineteenth century, the title Congo is more diverse encompassing the descendants of the various free-born and formerly enslaved African American, West Indian, recaptive, and Sierra Leone Creoles who settled in Liberia from 1822. The designation "Congo" for the Americo-Liberian, though originally an insult, came into common usage much later, even becoming the preferred term for most.Liberians integrated Africans liberated from slave ships who were called Congos because the slave ships entered the Atlantic...

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