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Name: Kentucky in Africa

Type: Polity

Start: 1829 AD

End: 1842 AD

Parent: usa

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Was one of the private colonies of the American Colonization Society (ACS) founded in Liberia that would later merge to form the Commonwealth of Liberia (a predecessor of modern-day Liberia). It was located in the modern-day Liberian county of Montserrado. The ACS was an organization that encouraged and supported the migration African-Americans to Africa.

Establishment

  • January 1829: Kentucky in Africa was a colony settled by freed African-American slaves in present-day Montserrado County, Liberia.

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    Disestablishment

  • January 1843: Kentucky in Africa was annexed by Liberia about 1842.

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