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During his tenure, he relaxed the True Whig regime. For example, in 1973 he authorized the creation of a Progressive Alliance of Liberia, the first opposition party in the country's history. However, he had to face growing dissatisfaction, largely due to the social inequalities between indigenous peoples, which represent 95% of the population, and the privileged African-American elite, composed of the descendants of American slaves who had settled in Liberia since 1821.

[[File:ASC Leiden - F. van der Kraaij Collection - The Hanging of the Harper Seven, Liberia - 16 February 1979 - 04.jpg|thumb|300px|The public hanging of the various official involucrated on 16 February 1979]]

Between 1965 and 1977 more than 100 murders occurred in Harper County, Maryland, many of which were ritually killed due to mutilation and removal of body parts. During the 1970s, Liberians in Maryland County were constantly under threat of ritual murder. Between November 1976 and July 1977, 14 people had disappeared in the county, prompting Tolbert to fire Maryland County Superintendent James Daniel Anderson for failing to report missing persons and publicly declaring "Anyone who deliberately kills: the law will kill that person. " .

These social tensions were particularly acute since 1979. In April, a large demonstration crossed the streets of Monrovia in protest of the increase in the price of rice. President Tolbert gives the troop. At least 70 protesters were killed or trampled. This incident set fire to dust. Throughout the following year, riots and demonstrations shook the country. Tolbert tried in vain to restore order by arresting opposition leaders, but his attempts were unsuccessful and the disorder increased. Due to the intense repression Tolbert ordered the shooting of civilians, after this a 28-year-old coup guerrilla known as [[Samuel Doe]] led a coup d'etat that murdered President Tolbert in his bed, and then arrested and executed the members from his cabinet without rigth the lawyers.

These social tensions were particularly acute since 1979. In April, a large demonstration crossed the streets of Monrovia in protest of the increase in the price of rice. President Tolbert gives the troop. At least 70 protesters were killed or trampled. This incident set fire to dust. Throughout the following year, riots and demonstrations shook the country. Tolbert tried in vain to restore order by arresting opposition leaders, but his attempts were unsuccessful and the disorder increased. Due to the intense repression Tolbert ordered the shooting of civilians, after this a 28-year-old coup guerrilla known as [[Samuel Doe]] led a coup d'etat that murdered President Tolbert in his bed, and then arrested and executed the members from his cabinet without rigth the lawyers. According to her widow, she witnessed someone stab her husband during the coup.

~~According to her widow~~, ~~she witnessed someone stab her husband during~~ the ~~coup.~~[[Category:Male]]

== Trivia ==

Tolbert allowed multi-partyism, when at the time, most governments were single-party until 1991

[[Category:Male]]

[[Category:African Villains]]

[[Category:Honorable Villains]]

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 During his tenure, he relaxed the True Whig regime. For example, in 1973 he authorized the creation of a Progressive Alliance of Liberia, the first opposition party in the country's history. However, he had to face growing dissatisfaction, largely due to the social inequalities between indigenous peoples, which represent 95% of the population, and the privileged African-American elite, composed of the descendants of American slaves who had settled in Liberia since 1821.
-[[File:ASC Leiden - F. van der Kraaij Collection - The Hanging of the Harper Seven, Liberia - 16 February 1979 - 04.jpg|thumb|300px|The public hanging of the various official involucrated on 16 February 1979]]
+[[File:ASC Leiden - F. van der Kraaij Collection - The Hanging of the Harper Seven, Liberia - 16 February 1979 - 04.jpg|thumb|300px|The public hanging of the various official involucrated on 16 February 1979|alt=|left]]
 Between 1965 and 1977 more than 100 murders occurred in Harper County, Maryland, many of which were ritually killed due to mutilation and removal of body parts. During the 1970s, Liberians in Maryland County were constantly under threat of ritual murder. Between November 1976 and July 1977, 14 people had disappeared in the county, prompting Tolbert to fire Maryland County Superintendent James Daniel Anderson for failing to report missing persons and publicly declaring "Anyone who deliberately kills: the law will kill that person. " .
-These social tensions were particularly acute since 1979. In April, a large demonstration crossed the streets of Monrovia in protest of the increase in the price of rice. President Tolbert gives the troop. At least 70 protesters were killed or trampled. This incident set fire to dust. Throughout the following year, riots and demonstrations shook the country. Tolbert tried in vain to restore order by arresting opposition leaders, but his attempts were unsuccessful and the disorder increased. Due to the intense repression Tolbert ordered the shooting of civilians, after this a 28-year-old coup guerrilla known as [[Samuel Doe]] led a coup d'etat that murdered President Tolbert in his bed, and then arrested and executed the members from his cabinet without rigth the lawyers.
+These social tensions were particularly acute since 1979. In April, a large demonstration crossed the streets of Monrovia in protest of the increase in the price of rice. President Tolbert gives the troop. At least 70 protesters were killed or trampled. This incident set fire to dust. Throughout the following year, riots and demonstrations shook the country. Tolbert tried in vain to restore order by arresting opposition leaders, but his attempts were unsuccessful and the disorder increased. Due to the intense repression Tolbert ordered the shooting of civilians, after this a 28-year-old coup guerrilla known as [[Samuel Doe]] led a coup d'etat that murdered President Tolbert in his bed, and then arrested and executed the members from his cabinet without rigth the lawyers. According to her widow, she witnessed someone stab her husband during the coup.
-According to her widow, she witnessed someone stab her husband during the coup.[[Category:Male]]
+== Trivia ==
+Tolbert allowed multi-partyism, when at the time, most governments were single-party until 1991
+[[Category:Male]]
 [[Category:African Villains]]
 [[Category:Honorable Villains]]