On January 23, 1821, minister and former slave Lott Cary departed the United States, leading a group of freed African Americans to West Africa under the auspices of the American Colonization Society. Their mission was to establish a colony for formerly enslaved people. This settlement laid the foundation for what would become the Republic of Liberia in 1847, making it the first African republic founded by formerly enslaved people from the Americas.
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