Careysburg: Freed Negro American Settlers' Quest for Freedom and the Impact on the Social and Cultural Relationship with Indigenou

BENJAMIN G. FREEMAN IV was born in Careysburg, Liberia. He holds a bachelor of science degree in economics and a master of science degree in sociology. He worked as an economic research officer for monetary and fiscal policies in the Economic Analysis Division, Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Republic of Liberia. He served as an economic analyst with the Economic and Financial Management Committee (EFMC) in the Ministry of Finance, a position he held until the Liberian Civil War. In the United States, he worked for the State of Maryland in the Baltimore County Department of Social Services as a family investment specialist, and as a compliance mediation specialist. He also was an appeals representative for the Baltimore County Department of Social Services/State of Maryland in administrative appeal hearings. Currently, he is a quality control analyst with the Department of Human Resources-Bureau of Quality Control, State of Maryland.