Granville Town
Liberia was settled by freed American slaves in the early 19th century. It was founded as a colony by the American Colonization Society as a place for freed African-Americans to return to Africa.
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It was never a colony, it was an East African Empire...
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Liberia was originally founded as a home in Africa for freed slaves, hence the name.
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Dahomey (French colony until 1958)
Maryland was a Colony in New England from 1632-1776. Maryland wasn't an African Colony and had no relations with any African colonies.
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The Netherlands had one African colony, Cape Colony (1652-1806).
Carl Peters did not find Africa. He was a founder of the German East Africa colony, which was founded in 1885.