OK then let's talk about mistakes of ancestors.
Why did so many African American former slaves choose to stay in America and not go to Liberia, or other African countries after being freed?
Why did my ancestors choose to come to a
land inextricably linked with the slave trade in the 60s?
What?? I'm so lost
I don't know why your ancestors moved to where they did in the 60s (from the link I'm guessing they moved to The UK? So, you're British?? I'm even more confused now) ... Are you saying you consider their decision a mistake?? Again, I'm lost.
As far as "why didn't more Africans go back to Africa after being freed"....I don't honestly know the full answer to that question....but common sense leads me to answer it with another extremely confused "what????"
You realize that by the conclusion of the civil war, most slaves were born in America, and had absolutely no ties to Africa other than its where their grandparents or great grandparents or great great grandparents had come from. By the mid 1800s, a large portion of African slaves didn't even know what Africa was (and that wasn't by accident either).
Once the civil war ended, it wasn't as simple as "your free!!" They still faced persicution on an unimaginable scale.
Furthermore, there weren't ships qued up in harbours offering free rides back to Africa. These former slaves had no money. They weren't sailors...
I'm not familiar with the connection between Liberia and freed slaves. Please don't tell me that's just a random African country that you fired off. I am more aware of the connection between freed and
Sierra Leone. However, if my understanding is correct, most of the "America-to-Sierra Leone" population were black loyalists who faught for the British during the War of Independence, who arrived mostly by way of London or Nova Scotia.
And if you really study the history of Sierra Leone, you'll understand that they got screwed by the British as much as they were saved by them.
Edit: just did some googling, seems your right about Liberia having a connection.
Again though, as a "non former freed slave", I don't really know why more didn't just "hope on that boat"... That's a pretty 🤬 complex question if you ask me.
And besides. They helped build America with their blood sweat and tears. Why would they just leave?