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[[Image:Kru Woman.jpg|thumb|An early British illustration labelling the Kru "hideous, short and squat"]]
The '''Kru''' are an ethnic group who live in interior of [[Liberia]]. Their history is one marked by a strong sense of ethnicity and resistance to occupation. In [[1856]] when part of Liberia was still known as the independent state of Maryland, the Kru along with the [[Grebo (ethnic group)|Grebo]] resisted Maryland settlers' efforts to control their trade. They were also infamous amongst early European [[slave trade|slave raiders]] as being especially resistant to capture. They would supposedly kill their captors or kill themselves rather than succumb to slavery.
Kru is one of the many ethnic groups in Liberia, composing 7% of the population. It is also one of the main languages spoken. The Kru are one of the three main players in Liberia's socio-political activities along with the [[Krahn]] and [[Mano (ethnic group)|Mano]].
==References==
*Behrens, Christine Les Kroumen de la Côte Occidentale d'Afrique, Bordeaux: Centre d'Etudes de Géographie Tropicale, 1974;
*Brooks, George, The Kru Mariner in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Compendium, Newark,Del., 1972 (Liberian Studies Monograph Series no.1);
*Davis, Ronald, Ethnohistorical Studies on the Kru Coast, Newark, Del., 1976 (Liberian Studies Monograph Series no.5);
*Fraenkel, Merran, Tribe and Class in Monrovia, New York-London: OUP, 1964;
*Mekeel, Scudder, "Social Administration of the Kru: A Preliminary Survey", Africa 10 (1937) 75-96; 11 (460-68);
*Massing, Andreas W., The Economic Anthropology of the Kru, Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1980 (Studien zur Kulturkunde 55);
*Massing, Andreas W., Kru, in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, vol.2, 306-309, New York, 2007;
*Schwartz, Alfred, Peuplement Autochthone et Immigration dans le Sud-Ouest Ivoirien, Abidjan: ORSTOM, 1973;
*Tauxier, Louis, Les Kroomen de la Forêt de Côte d'Ivoire, Paris: Larose, 1935;
*Zetterström, Kjell, Ethnographic Survey of Southeastern Liberia: Preliminary Report on the Kru, Robertsport: Centre of African Culture, 1969
==See also ==
*[[Kru languages]]
*[[Seedies and Kroomen]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Liberia]]
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