AHC: Alternate Liberia

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Is there any place possible for an Alternate Liberia?

Can a Island or land on Asia acts like Liberia?
 

katchen

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Not at the time Liberia was being settled. Asia was farther away than Africa. The Choco region, where Colombia and Panama join together would have worked very well, though, since the area was being settled by emancipated and/or escaped slaves from Colombia anyway and was much closer to the United States. Who knows? The US might even have gotten an early and easy canal to the Pacific Ocean out of the deal, since one is certainly feasible there.
 
The Choco region, where Colombia and Panama join together would have worked very well, though, since the area was being settled by emancipated and/or escaped slaves from Colombia anyway and was much closer to the United States. Who knows? The US might even have gotten an early and easy canal to the Pacific Ocean out of the deal, since one is certainly feasible there.

That's just about the best possible result that could have come out of the whole idea. A *Liberia Canal could mean prosperity and (during construction) work opportunities. OTL Liberia turned out terribly. This alt-Liberia in Panama might stand a much better chance.

To add to the possibilities: Paul Cuffee originally planned to send freedmen to Sierra Leone. The first ship sailed in 1816, but Cuffee died in 1817 and that was the end of it. If he lives longer, or a driven successor takes his place, Sierra Leone might replace Liberia altogether.
 
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I know it probably was not viable, but why not send the freed slaves to Haiti? A supposedly free nation that got its independence fighting off the White Masters?
 
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