Back استقلال ليبيريا Arabic Unabhängigkeitserklärung Liberias German Deklaracja niepodległości Liberii Polish
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| Liberian Declaration of Independence | |
|---|---|
| Ratified | 26 July 1847 |
| Author(s) | Hilary Teague |
| Signatories | 11 delegates and one secretary to the Liberian Constitutional Convention |
| Purpose | To announce and explain independence from the American Colonization Society. |
The Liberian Declaration of Independence is a document adopted by the Liberian Constitutional Convention on 26 July 1847, to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by the private American Colonization Society, was an independent state known as the Republic of Liberia.