Sinoe County: History
Long settled by indigenous peoples, this area became colonized by more than 300 formerly enslaved African-Americans from Prospect Hill Plantation, Mississippi in 1835. The colony was originally called Mississippi-in-Africa, under auspices of a chapter of the American Colonization Society. Greenville, the county's capital city, was named after Judge James Green and was established by the African Americans in 1838. Green was instrumental in sending this group of formerly enslaved people from the Mississippi Delta to Liberia. The town was a prominent exporter of rubber, lumber and agricultural products. It was destroyed during the First Liberian Civil War but has been rebuilt. There is boat connectivity from the town to Monrovia and Harper.