Liberia Declares Independence The west African country of Liberia proclaimed its independence on July 26, 1847, making it the first democratic republic in African history. The former colony declared its independence after a decline in support from the American Colonization Society. Robert Finley established the American Colonization Society in 1816 to return freed African-Americans to […]
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