6 ATLASES
History of Liberia in maps
Liberia as it appears in 6 interactive history atlases, from 1917 to 2015: Liberia. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Liberia before it was Liberia? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
Liberia · Industrial Revolution
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Liberia · WWI
| The Entente & Allies — the opening position | |
| The Entente & Allies |
Liberia · Road to WW2
| Neutral & unaligned — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Liberia · Cold War
| US-aligned states — the opening position |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Liberia · Decolonization of Africa
The American Colonization Society founded Liberia from 1822 as a settlement for freed Black Americans; it declared a republic in 1847. Along with Ethiopia, Liberia was one of only two African states never colonized, which is why it appears in parchment on this map from the start. Yet an Americo-Liberian elite ruled the indigenous majority for over a century, until Samuel Doe’s bloody 1980 coup ended the old order. Liberia was a founding member of the OAU, and its history shows that formal sovereignty and internal liberty are distinct.
| Independent before 1945 — the opening position |
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Liberia · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Refused: women excluded; ERA never ratified — the opening position | |
| Right won in law | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Right won in law |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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