Liberia (USA)

This article is about the specific polity Liberia (USA) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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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 centered on Monrovia. The ACS was an organization that encouraged and supported the migration African-Americans to Africa.

Establishment

January 1822: In December 1821, Liberia acquired Cape Mesurado, a 58-km-long strip of land near present-day Monrovia, from the indigenous ruler King Peter.