The Experience of Former Slaves and Free-Born Blacks in Liberia
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This paper analyzes differences between the experiences of former slaves and freeborn blacks as colonists in Liberia. Mortality was extraordinarily high among Liberian colonists, and former slaves are found to have faced a significantly higher risk of mortality than freeborn colonists. Former slaves also had a significantly lower level of human capital. There are no observable differences in the probability of marraige or being a parent. The generalizability of the findings to the general U.S. population is discussed with careful consideration of the implications of the exceptional nature of emigrants to Liberia.
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