Liberia Colonial Records

American Colonization Society based in United States of America (1822-1847)
Liberia was founded and established as a colony to be a homeland for freed African-American slaves from the United States. For this purpose, the American Colonization Society was formed in 1816 in Washington, DC. With the financial help of the United States, the ACS began sending African-American free volunteers to the Pepper Coast in 1822 to colonize and control the area. The settlers issued a Declaration of Independence in 1847. However, the United States did not recognize Liberia's independence until 1862.

 Sources
 * Library of Congress. American Colonization Society
 * Wikipedia. American Colonization Society
 * Tom W. Shick. Emigrants to Liberia, 1820 to 1843, an alphabetical listing.Newark, Delaware : University of Delaware Department of Anthropology & Liberian Studies Association in America, 1971. FHL 966.62 W2e
 * Tom W. Shick. Behold the promised land : a history of Afro-American settler society in nineteenth-century Liberia. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. FHL 966.62 H2s
 * Eric Burin. Slavery and the peculiar solution : a history of the American Colonization Society. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2005. FHL 973 C4be
 * Maryland Historical Society. American Colonization Society/Liberia Collection
 * Richard L. Hall.  "On Afric's Shore." A History of Maryland in Liberia, 1834-1857. Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society, 2003. FHL 966.62 H2d
 * Penelope Campbell. Maryland in Africa: the Maryland Colonization Society,1831-1857.Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 1971. FHL 966.6 H2c
 * Maryland. Report of the Select Committee, to Whom was Referred the Subject of the Removal of the Free Colored Population from Charles County.
 * Letters Received Relating to African Colonization, 1/5/1819 - 3/10/1841. National Archives Catalog. NAID 1786936
 * Letters Sent Relating to African Colonization, 1/17/1820 - 1858, National Archives Catalog. NAID 1768603