To suppress black republican voters and poor white republicans from being able to register to vote which pretty much eliminated the republican party in the south for decades and the democrats gained one party control through the southern states.
Germany<span>, </span>France<span>, </span>Great Britain<span>, Netherlands, </span>Belgium<span>, </span>Portugal<span>, and </span>Spain<span> were all considered to have a future role in the </span>imperial<span> partition of Africa. The United States was invited because of its interest in </span>Liberia<span> but did not attend because it had no desire to build a colonial empire in Africa.</span>
