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 | | It inspired the African liberation struggle and the subsequent independence of more than 50 African countries. |
 | | Its first five presidents-Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Stephen Allen Benson, Daniel Bashiel Warner, James Spriggs Payne, and Edward James Roye- were born and raised as Americans before sailing to West Africa to found a new home. |
 | | Yet, despite this unique historical tie that exists between these two countries and peoples, and at a time when the United States boasts of the best of everything, including an enviable educational system, Liberia, her stepchild and friend, can now most aptly be described a nation at-risk. |
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