Here are two historical facts about Liberia: Founding as Africa's First Republic: Liberia is Africa's oldest republic, founded in 1847 by freed African American slaves through the American Colonization Society. It was established as a country where freed slaves from the United States could settle and create a new nation, making it the first independent republic in Africa. End of the Longest Civil War in West Africa: Liberia endured a prolonged civil war from 1989 to 2003, which was one of the lo