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Title
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The Liberian Declaration of Indepence is signed
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1847-07-26
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Is Part Of
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N/A
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Bibliographic Citation
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Time Line: History of Liberia (1998) . The Library of Congress. Retrieved 06 04, 2015, from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/libhtml/liberia.html
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Spatial Coverage
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N/A
