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Events on Monday 26 July 1847 1
1847Liberia declares independenceThe American Colonization Society's colony becomes a sovereign republicLiberia's Declaration of Independence was adopted on 26 July, establishing Africa's first modern republic. Joseph Jenkins Roberts became its first president. The state had been founded by freed African Americans settled by the American Colonization Society.