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The Republic of Maryland was a country in West Africa that existed from 1834 to 1857, when it was merged into what is now Liberia. The area was first settled in 1834 by freed African-American slaves a
Cape Palmas mission, circa 1840.
Etching of Cape Palmas, circa 1853.
John Brown Russwurm, first mixed-race governor of the Republic of Maryland (1836–1851).
The Maryland State Colonization Society was the Maryland branch of the American Colonization Society, an organization founded in 1816 with the purpose of sending free African Americans to what many So
Republic of Maryland
…settled in 1834 by freed African-American slaves and freeborn African Americans primarily from the U.S. state of Maryland, under the auspices of the Maryland State Colonization Society. The larger American Colonization Society was founded in 1816. It supported the settlement of thousands of free people of color to its colony of Liberia…
Constitution and Laws of Maryland in Liberia, published by the Maryland State Colonization Society, 1847
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a planter, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and president of the MSCS in 1828
Physician and philanthropist Richard Sprigg Steuart served on the Board of Managers of the MSCS.