Liberia is founded by freed slaves

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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The American Colonization Society founds Liberia as a colony for free blacks from the United States. 

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Liberia is founded by freed slaves". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4579, accessed 06 May 2024.]

4579 Liberia is founded by freed slaves 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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