Olmstead Luca
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Olmstead Luca was a pianist and composer. He composed the music for All Hail, Liberia, Hail!
. He came from a bi-racial family that had immigrated to Liberia
from the US South
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All Hail, Liberia, Hail!
"All Hail, Liberia, Hail!" is the national anthem of Liberia, lyrics written by President Daniel Bashiel Warner in English, and music by Olmstead Luca .It became the official national anthem in 1847....
. He came from a bi-racial family that had immigrated to Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
from the US South
Southern United States
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
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