[DOC] [TLE] LIBERIA'S YOUNG SERGEANT STILL LEARNING HOW TO RULE ... [PAR] Jan 20, 1981 ... The man who became Liberia's leader after the coup, the 20th head of state this 
country has had since it was founded by freed American slaves in 1847, ... 
Mansion here, shot and bayoneted President William R. Tolbert Jr., and took ... 
He became Liberia's chief executive on April 12, 1980, not because he... [DOC] [TLE] History of Liberia - Wikipedia [PAR] Liberia is a country in West Africa which was founded, established, colonized, 
and controlled by citizens of the United States and ex-Caribbean slaves as a 
colony for former African American slaves and their free black descendants. .... 
Many were Black Loyalists, former American slaves who had been freed in 
exchange for... [DOC] [TLE] Liberian Soldiers Taunt, Shoot 13 Former Leaders - Washington Post [PAR] Jul 28, 2006 ... MONROVIA, Liberia, April 22, 1980 -- Thirteen leaders of Liberia's toppled ... 
Liberia's founding 133 years ago by freed American slaves, died tied to posts ... 
president William Tolbert, who was slain in the April 12 coup of ... of Liberia's 
indigenous Africans, the majority of the country's 1.6 million population. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel K. Doe | president of Liberia | Britannica.com [PAR] In April 1980 Tolbert was killed in a coup led by Master Sergeant (later ... William 
Tolbert and as finance minister (198085) in Samuel K. Doe's military 
dictatorship. ... He then served as the country's head of state until his death in 
1990. ... a descendant of the freed American slaves who founded the colony of 
Liberia in 1822. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel K. Doe, First Indigenous Liberian To Lead His Country With ... [PAR] Nov 12, 1985 ... A presidential guard officer was convicted of the attack and executed. ... They 
killed Tolbert and most of his Cabinet ministers and installed Doe - then ... held 
the titles of head of state and commander-in-chief since the 1980 coup. ... and 
economic domination by the descendants of the American slaves, who... [DOC] [TLE] FRONTLINE/WORLD . Rough Cut . Liberia: Give Peace a Chance ... [PAR] Then there were the multiple military coups and civil wars. ... Sergeant Samuel K. 
Doe's successful coup against President William Tolbert ... descendants of the 
freed American and Caribbean slaves that founded the country in 1847. ... On 
April 12, 1980, Doe and a unit of indigenous soldiers raided the Presidential 
mansion... [DOC] [TLE] CNN.com - Turmoil in Liberia - Jul. 7, 2003 [PAR] Jul 7, 2003 ... Interactive: U.S. involvement in Liberia ... Samuel Doe seized power in a 1980 
coup that left President William Tolbert dead. Doe, an ethnic Krahn, was the 
country's first leader not descended from the freed American and ... a member of 
the Doe government and a descendant of the freed slave ruling class... [DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 22 | 1980: Deposed ministers executed in Liberia [PAR] The dead men included several former cabinet ministers and the elder brother of 
William Tolbert, the assassinated president of ... Sergeant Doe seized power 10 
days ago in a coup during which President Tolbert was shot dead. ... 
descendants of freed slaves from the United States who founded the country 133 
years ago. [DOC] [TLE] Liberia country profile - BBC News - BBC.com [PAR] May 6, 2016 ... Although founded by freed American and Caribbean slaves, Liberia is mostly ... 
Africans, with the slaves' descendants comprising 5% of the population. Around 
250,000 people were killed in Liberia's civil war and many ... coup ousting and 
publicly executing President William Tolbert and 13 of his aides. [DOC] [TLE] Liberia - The Atlantic [PAR] Bill Berkeley  December 1992 Issue ... and tortured to death, Liberia, a country 
founded by freed American slaves, ... is an Americo-Liberian, descended from the 
freed slaves who founded Liberia in ... After the failed coup of November 12, 
1985, Krahn soldiers rounded up ..... The nature of the 1980 coup itself was an 
omen. [DOC] [TLE] Cabinet ministers lined up for execution after a

Question: Descended from a freed U.S. slave, William Tolbert was president of this country when killed in a 1980 coup
Answer: Liberia