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• Construction of a road connecting Millsburg and Bopolu

  An ACS agent hires a crew of natives to help build a road connecting Bopolu and Millsburg; by 1830 it was heavily traveled.
• The Gola people attack Millsburg

  Getambe, Chief of the inland Gola people, attacks Millsburg seizing six people as prisoners.
• Washington W. McDonogh joins the Liberian Legislature body

  Washington Watts McDonogh becomes a member of the Lower House of the Liberian Legislature.
• The True Whig Party is founded

  The True Whig Party went on to becoming the dominant polictical party in Liberia until the late 20th century
• 42 more former McDonogh slaves leave for Liberia

  In 1859, 9 years after John McDonogh's death, 42 more McDonogh slaves were freed and sent to Liberia.
• Maryland in Liberia is at war with the Grebo and Kru People

  Maryland in Liberia requests military aid from Liberia in a war with the Grebo and Kru peoples who were resisting the Maryland settlers' efforts to control their trade.
• The colony of Maryland in Liberia declares independence from the Maryland Colonization Society

  Maryland in Liberia declares indenpendence from the Maryland Colonization Society but does not join the Commonwealth.
• 3000 Tribes people apply and recieve citizenship

  3000 tribes people applied for and recieved citizenship status
• Liberia College is founded

  Liberia College is founded
• The Ladies Dorcay Society founded

  The Ladies Dorcay Society is founded in 1843 by the Methodist Episcopal Church of Monrovia
• Mississippi in Liberia joins the Commonwealth

  The Mississippi settlement at the mouth of the Sinoe River joins the commonwealth
• The Commonwealth of Liberia adopts a new constitution and appoint a new governor
• The Methodist Episcopal Church opens a Vocational School

  The Methodist Episcopal Church opens a vocational school near Millsburg. This School taught trades and promoted "understanding".
• Death of Sao Boso

  The death of Sao Boso, a Mandinka chief and ruler of Bopolu, created unrest in the region as other Chiefs began struggling for control.
• Bassa Cove is founded

  The Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennyslyvania founded Bassa Cove
• Maryland Colonization society establish Cape Palmas

  The Maryland Colonization Society establishes the largest settlement in Liberia called Maryland in Liberia 200 miles south of Monrovia at Cape Palmas.
• The Bassa War Parties raid settlements

  Bassa war parties begin raiding colonial settlemements
• Town of Millsburg established

  The farming town of Millsburg is established on the St. Paul River; 20 miles inland.
• John McDonogh passes away

  John McDongh passes away
• Washington W. McDonogh's Mother passes away

  Washington McDonogh's mother passes away
• Washington W. McDonogh gets married

  Washington McDonogh gets married
• Galloway Smith returns to the United States

  Julia Smith informs John McDonogh that Galloway Smith has returned to the United States; he left aboard the U.S Storeship "Southampton"
• The Liberian Declaration of Indepence is signed

  On July 26, The Liberian Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed. In it, Liberians charged their mother country, the United States, with injustices that made it necessary for them to leave and make new lives for themselves in Africa. They called upon the international community to recognize the independence and sovereignty of Liberia. Britain was one of the first nations to recognize the new country. The United States did not recognize Liberia until the American Civil War.