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| Title: | Textual Sources of the 1847 Liberian Constitution |
| Author: | Burrowes, Carl Patrick |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Periodical: | Liberian Studies Journal |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 1-41 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Liberia |
| Subjects: | constitutions Law, Human Rights and Violence History and Exploration |
| Abstract: | The original constitution of Liberia, which was adopted in 1847, was to remain in force until the 1980 military coup d'etat, when it was scrapped. Despite its longevity and other significant features, that constitution has received little scholarly attention. This paper argues that the constitution reflected a fusion of black nationalism, Protestant Christianity and republicanism, which formed constituent elements of a Liberian ideology that came to be crystallized between 1822, when Liberia was established as a colony of free African Americans, and 1847, when the repatriates declared their independence from the American Colonization Society. The text of the 1847 constitution is presented in an appendix. Notes, ref. |