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Charles D. B. King

We cannot afford to destroy the native institutions of the country. Our true mission lies not in the building here in Africa of a Negro state based solely on Western ideas, but rather a Negro nationality indigenous to the soil, having its foundation rooted in the institutions of Africa and purified by Western thought and development.

Liberia was founded by American free Negroes who emigrated. From the beginning there has been a tension between the American founders and their decedents and the indigenous tribes. King, who had just been elected President, was trying to balance the interests and values.

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Charles D. B. King

Born: March 12, 1875
Died: September 4, 1961
Nationality: Liberian
Profession: Politician

Biography

Charles Dunbar Burgess King was a politician in Liberia of Americo-Liberian and Freetown Creole descent (his mother was an Americo-Liberian). He was a member of the True Whig Party, which ruled the country from 1878 until 1980. He served as the 17th President of Liberia from 1920 until 1930.

CHARLES D. B. KING

(Charles Dunbar Burgess King)