One might also note the hostility between these American Blacks and those natives in the interior. By the way, Pennslyvania had quite an impact on Liberia. Lincoln University (founded as Ashmun Institute for educating young blacks in Pennsylvania in 1854)...good deal that, at the time, don't you think?... played an important role in supplying Americo-Liberians leadership for the new Nation. The first graduating class of Lincoln University, James R. Amos, his brother Thomas H. Amos, and Armistead Miller sailed for Liberia on the brig Mary C. Stevens in April, 1859 after graduation.