Colony of Liberia
Liberia | |||||||||||||||
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| 1821–1847 | |||||||||||||||
The Colony of Liberia in 1839 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Private colony of the American Colonization Society | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Monrovia | ||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | American, Liberian | ||||||||||||||
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• 1821–1839 | See Agents and Governors of Liberia | ||||||||||||||
• 1839–1841 | Thomas Buchanan | ||||||||||||||
• 1841–1848 | Joseph Jenkins Roberts | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | United States Dollar (USD) | ||||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | LR | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Liberia | ||||||||||||||
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Liberia, officially the Colony of Liberia, later the Commonwealth of Liberia, was a private colony of the American Colonization Society between 1821, before becoming the self-proclaimed independent nation of the Republic of Liberia, after declaring independence on July 26 of 1847, but was not recognized by the United States until September 23, 1862.