Liberia Independent
July 26, 1847
The small settler republic on the West African coast, founded by the American Colonization Society, declared itself independent - partly to escape the ambiguity of being governed by a private organization. Its constitution was modeled on the American one, right down to the seal reading "The love of liberty brought us here."
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