Colony of Liberia

Colony of Liberia was a colony in West Africa coast and forest (North and West Africa) that lasted from 1821 to 1847 CE, about 26 years. The timeline colours it by the language of its rulers: Germanic (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Private colony of the American Colonization Society, which acquired Cape Mesurado in December 1821 to settle freed and freeborn African Americans. Known from 1838 as the Commonwealth of Liberia, it declared independence in 1847. The US did not recognise it until 1862.

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Facts

Dates

1821 to 1847 CE

Duration

26 years

Type

Colony

Region

West Africa coast and forest, North and West Africa

Language of its rulers

Germanic

Capital

Monrovia

Sources

The dates and description above were checked against Wikipedia: Colony of Liberia, Wikipedia: History of Liberia, Wikipedia: Republic of Maryland.

Became

• Liberia 1847 CE to the present

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE
• Kingdom of Benin c. 1180 to 1897 CE
• Oyo Empire c. 1300 to 1835 CE
• Bornu Empire c. 1387 to 1893 CE
• Funj Sultanate of Sennar 1504 to 1821 CE
• Regency of Algiers 1516 to 1830 CE
• Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco 1666 to 1912 CE
• Ashanti Empire 1701 to 1901 CE
• French Algeria 1830 to 1962 CE
• Muhammad Ali dynasty (Khedivate) 1805 to 1914 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Viceroyalty of Peru 1542 to 1824 CE, South America
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe

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