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Monrovia is the capital of Liberia . It is Liberia's most populous city with a population of 1,010,970. The city is named after 5th U.S. President James Monroe .
Monrovia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society . They wanted free slaves . Liberia has the word liberty in it and it was meant for slaves for slaves to free from America.[1]
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