 The slaves were taken from Africa to America. They were deposited on the Gory Island in Senegal. From Senegal, they carried them to America. They were tied and worked on the plantation. But they stayed so many years in America working on the plantation. But after they have discovered the machine or the industrial revolution, that is, men used to brush and they used to plant the cotton. They discovered a machine that can brush the whole area for one day while the human being brushed it for three months so there was no need. So then they decided. But before that happened, there was a man by the name of Paul Coffey. Paul Coffey was a negro of New Bethlehem. The man of negro and Indian appearance. He was a man of ability and a wealthy merchant who spent $1,500 USD both entirely by himself just to bring the slave back to Africa. By that time, the slave master never had the idea of bringing him to Africa. Paul Coffey brought the first batch of slaves to Africa and went back to America. Of course, when he got to America, he felt sick and he died. That is, his plan will never realize. American Colonization Society, ACS, from his work, they were formed in Washington, D.C., December 18, 16 for the sole purpose of bringing the slave back to where they came from. It was not coming to Liberia. They were not coming to Nigeria, no Ethiopia, no Ghana, no Sierra Leone, no La Côte d'Ivoire, but they were bringing them to Africa. When they landed, they landed on Sierra Leone, Chevrolet Island. But when they got there, the Sierra Leone government honored the governorship of Governor Charles McCarthy. By that time, Sierra Leone was under British colony. They were colonized by British. And to see a foreign person, American, black American, a negro, landing on there was somewhat suspicious. So they were to do the political motives. And of course, they denied them. They never said to, well, notwithstanding, some of them stayed there for some time and mosquito malaria, mosquito bites some of them, some of them died. Of course, the frustration got them. Then they started driving along the west coast of Africa, west coast of Africa. They drove along this side. This is a kit, go straight into the sea. Then of course, they came back and saw the piece of water going inland, which is the Structon Creek, and they landed on the Prevence Island, which is, they landed there, no permission, no request. Nobody asked them to stay there. But they landed there peacefully. They put their suitcases down, their water they had, they put everything down. They stayed there for three, four, five hours, almost a day. Then of course, when they got there, you see them, you see this man, it's a young Liberian. Then he nailed them. He said, praise God! We have resumed. And he says, the sweet land of liberty, the glorious land of liberty, this is our land, this is our land, our people's land, our forefathers land. This is what he's saying. They were happy as compared to Sierra Leone. They were commented in Sierra Leone as compared to Liberia. They asked for no permission. Nobody gave them the permission. So as a result, the first name for students, some of you here are students, some of you here are students here. The first name they gave the island was Perseverance Island. That was the original name. The Perseverance loved the island and they were sinking gloriously, the glorious land of liberty. And there, they landed here. So you can see the ship back here. This is the ship Elizabeth that brought them. It came with 88 immigrants and landed on the island. Then they stayed there. They and the settlers, they and the indigenous, the native, they worked together. They got there, but the question was, who is going to interpret? Our people were never educated. Literally, they were educated, but not literally educated. They couldn't understand English. And the indigenous couldn't speak Degola. They couldn't speak Bahasa, Nenakruna, Vano, Nopale. But then my children, but the name of King Saboso or Madingo Trader, he was a trader. He worked along with the Spanish people. He worked along with a lot of people. He was the interpreter between the indigenous and the people. He put them together and they all worked together. And they under the curtain tree, which is Dana, they went under the curtain tree and they made peace. And then, of course, later on, they accepted them on the land. The ships are coming in. They came with Nautilus. They came with an unspecified number of people. The island is 11.2 acres. They couldn't accommodate everybody. So they talked to the indigenous and they allowed them to come on the mainland. They settled around Water Street. Any of you know Water Street? There where they landed. They stayed there and they moved there. Then, of course, they started moving about. So as a result, you will see them. As you see here, this is Cano. This guy is wounded. And this one is feeling sorry for the wounded. What happened? Well, after they allowed them to come on the mainland, there were some other native people that were not happy with the idea. When the men went in a bush to look for food, the indigenous, some of the native people came and attacked them. So this is Matilda Niempo. Matilda Niempo was there and walking along, they heard him and of course she used the cannon or pipe. They probably put fire here and they exploded. It killed a lot of our people. It made some of them run away. So then, when everything settled, they used to consider her as hero, heroine for killing our people. So because our people were not educated, that every year December 1st was Matilda Niempo to be celebrated as Matilda Niempo Day. So we used to celebrate it. Not until in the 80s when Biji back up Matthew, you know about back up Matthew, you know about Thuan Ray, you know about Ebon Soya, each woman formula junior, they say no. You cannot kill our people and then we celebrate for you. Do we celebrate Matilda Niempo Day? No, it's not there. It's not in existence. So this is how it is like. Now, until then we have Thomas Buchanan. After the Lenin, we have come a worth period which was headed by Thomas Buchanan. He was one of the settlers from America. He became the governor of let's say Morrovia. He was the governor of Liberia. Until 18 for the something we had our election and this man was elected as the first president of the Republic of Liberia. Joseph J. King Roberts from America Strait. He was not born here. From America he was African-American. He was a mulatto. He became the first president of Liberia. The indigenous local area with a specialization, our tradition. Greet them like this. This, this, this. This is what they introduce to them. That is, they are part of our society. No discrimination. So this is the flag of Liberia. It was hosted August 24. Every year August 24 is our national flag day. It has 11 stripes red, white, and blue. And it was made by seven ladies, headed by what? Susanna Lewis. She was a head from America. So you can see it. August 24 is celebrated as our national flag day. Every year. America has 50 stars, but we have only one star. The red stand for villa. White stand for purity. The black, the blue in the red corner stand for the dark continent of Africa. And of course, the stars stand for the moon star of Liberia. Anything, most of the things you see in Liberia from America. In Liberia, we have Virginia. In America, we have Virginia. In America, we have Maryland. In Liberia, we have Maryland. We have Louisiana in America. Louisiana in Liberia. We have Mississippi in the United States. We have Mississippi in Liberia.