 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakati pa1847 na1980, utungamiriri hwenyika hwakanga huri hwevanhu vokuAmerica vokuLiberia, vanhu vokuAmerica vakatanga kugara muLiberia nevana vavo. Gadziriro yepakutanga yemapato maviri, neRepublican Party neTrue Whig Party, yakaguma muna 1878, apo kusarudzwa kwaAnthony W. Gardiner kwakaratidza kutanga kwemakore 102 ehutongi hwebato rimwe chete neVechokwadi Whigs. Kutevera kuputsa kwehurumendenevakuru vemauto vakanga vasingagutsikani vaitungamirirwa naSamuel Doe muna 1980, kutonga kwebato rimwe chete kweVachifunga Chokwadi kwakaguma uye chigaro choutungamiri chakabviswa kusvikira pakasarudzwa Doe musarudzo huru dza1985. Mushure mokubviswa kwake uye kuurayiwa muna 1990, hutungamiri hwakanga husina kuiswazve kwemakore manomwe munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga yeLiberia uye zvakare kwemakore maviri mushure mekuguma kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri yeLiberia muna 2003. 