Americo-Liberians are a Liberian ethnicity of African American descent. The sister ethnic group of Americo Liberians are the Sierra Leone Creole people who're of African American, West Indian, and liberated African descent. Americo Liberians trace their ancestry to free-born and formerly enslaved African-Americans (who called themselves Americo Liberians) who immigrated in the 1800s to become founders of Liberia and other colonies along the coast in places that'd become Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra… (More on Americo-liberians)