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==After independence==
[[Image:Joseph Jenkins Roberts.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Joseph J. Roberts]]]]
[[Image:Stephen Benson2.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Stephen Benson]]]]▼
After Liberia declared its independence in 1847, [[Joseph Jenkins Roberts|Joseph J. Roberts]], a freeborn Black who was born in [[Virginia]], was elected Liberia's first president and [[Stephen Benson]] was elected vice-president.
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The settlers built schools and Liberia College (which later became the [[University of Liberia]]). During these early years, agriculture, shipbuilding, and trade flourished.
===President Stephen Benson===
{{main|Stephen Allen Benson}}
▲[[Image:Stephen Benson2.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Stephen Benson]]]]
After Roberts left office in [[1856]], Stephen Benson was elected to be president. In [[1857]] Benson organized the [[annexation]] of [[Maryland County]]. In [[1862]] Benson achieved [[diplomatic recognition]] from the [[United States]]. That same year he visited [[Europe]].
Benson, who knew many [[Demographics of Liberia|indigenous language]]s, sought collaboration with the native tribes, in contrast to previous Liberian policy, which emphasized American-Liberian superiority and Western customs.
===President Daniel Warner===
{{main|Daniel Bashiel Warner}}
[[Image:Daniel Warner2.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Daniel Bashiel Warner]]]]
In 1868, a government official, Benjamin Anderson, journeyed into Liberia's interior to sign a treaty with the king of Musardo. He made careful note of the peoples, the customs, and the natural resources of those areas he passed through, writing a published report of his journey. Using the information from Anderson's report, the Liberian government moved to assert limited control over the inland region.
===Relations between Americo-Liberians and Natives===
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