Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Republic of Maryland (also known as the Independent State of Maryland) was a small nation which existed from 1854 to 1857, when it was merged into what is now Liberia. The area was first 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 African Americans to their colony based in Monrovia in West Africa, along the coast. There were also initially separate settlements founded by state colonization societies of Mississippi and Pennsylvania. In 1838, these African-American settlements were united into the Commonwealth of Liberia, which declared its independence from the American Colonization Society in July 26, 1847. The Maryland colony remained apart, as the state colonization society wished to maintain its trade monopoly in the area. On February 2, 1841, Maryland-in-Africa became the State of Maryland. Following a referendum in 1853, the state declared its independence on May 29, 1854 as Maryland in Liberia, with its capital at Harper."@en }
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- Republic_of_Maryland abstract "The Republic of Maryland (also known as the Independent State of Maryland) was a small nation which existed from 1854 to 1857, when it was merged into what is now Liberia. The area was first 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 African Americans to their colony based in Monrovia in West Africa, along the coast. There were also initially separate settlements founded by state colonization societies of Mississippi and Pennsylvania. In 1838, these African-American settlements were united into the Commonwealth of Liberia, which declared its independence from the American Colonization Society in July 26, 1847. The Maryland colony remained apart, as the state colonization society wished to maintain its trade monopoly in the area. On February 2, 1841, Maryland-in-Africa became the State of Maryland. Following a referendum in 1853, the state declared its independence on May 29, 1854 as Maryland in Liberia, with its capital at Harper.".
- Q544630 abstract "The Republic of Maryland (also known as the Independent State of Maryland) was a small nation which existed from 1854 to 1857, when it was merged into what is now Liberia. The area was first 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 African Americans to their colony based in Monrovia in West Africa, along the coast. There were also initially separate settlements founded by state colonization societies of Mississippi and Pennsylvania. In 1838, these African-American settlements were united into the Commonwealth of Liberia, which declared its independence from the American Colonization Society in July 26, 1847. The Maryland colony remained apart, as the state colonization society wished to maintain its trade monopoly in the area. On February 2, 1841, Maryland-in-Africa became the State of Maryland. Following a referendum in 1853, the state declared its independence on May 29, 1854 as Maryland in Liberia, with its capital at Harper.".