Country · since 1848

Republic of Liberia

Republic of Liberia appears on the map from 1848 to today. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1848, it covered about 101,997 km².

Liberia began in 1822 as a settlement founded by the American Colonization Society for freed African Americans, who were later joined by Africans freed from slave ships. In 1847 the colonists declared the independent Republic of Liberia, with a constitution modelled on that of the United States, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts became its first president. The Americo-Liberian minority dominated politics and the economy through the True Whig Party for over a century, while Indigenous Africans were largely excluded. More about Republic of Liberia.

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On the map

1848 – today

Greatest extent

1848, about 101,997 km²

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Wikipedia: Liberia · Wikidata Q1014