I was recently reading about Marcus Garvey and it made me think of the black Americans who migrated to Liberia in the post slavery era. I know that in both of these movements, black people made it to Africa, but what happened once they got there? Aside from Liberia, where did they go? Where are they now? Did they re-assimilate? Do they have a distinct culture, different from the rest of Africa?
"Freetown was founded as a refuge for repatriated slaves in the eighteenth century."
The Freetown settlement of Sierra Leone was comprised of waves of people who showed up at different times, from different places. These populations included slaves brought from the United States, as well as Jamaican Maroons, and the Kru people. Together, these populations formed a linguistic speech community that would provide the foundations of the language Krio. Krio is an English lexifier creole language, meaning the words (almost) all come from English, but the phonology and grammar are reduced to a simpler form. Those who speak the Krio language are considered part of a Creole culture, and are very different from the rest of Africa, but more similar to the numerous Creole cultures of the Caribbean.
You can learn more about the connection between the American Gullah people and Sierra Leone in the documentary "The Language You Cry In".
"Aside from Liberia, where did they go? "
i think the poster indicated they were interested in migrations OTHER than Liberia.