<Tr> <Th> Use </Th> <Td> Naval Jack </Td> </Tr> <P> The Liberian flag bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States, showing the freed American and ex-Caribbean slaves offspring and bloodline origins of the country . </P> <P> The Liberian flag has similar red and white stripes, as well as a blue square with a white star in the canton . It was adopted on July 26, 1847 . </P> <P> The eleven stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, red and white symbolizing courage and moral excellence . The white star represents the first independent western - styled republic in Africa, above the blue square representing the African continent . The Liberian flag is modeled after and resembles the American flag at the time in the 1820s and 1830s, (26 stars / states) because Liberia was founded, colonized, established, and controlled by freed African - American and Caribbean / West Indies slaves as settlers from the United States and the Caribbean with the help and support from the American Colonization Society (ACS), which was a private organization establishment that sent freed American and ex-Caribbean slaves as settlers from the United States and the Caribbean . When the freed American slaves arrived in Liberia in 1822, they identified themselves as Americo - Liberian, in which to separate themselves from the native tribal African - Liberians and other settlers . The Americo - Liberian were offspring and bloodline origins of black Americans from the United States . The Americo - Liberian was not the only ethnic group that came to Liberia; there were other ethnic groups that came with the Americo - Liberian, which were Native American, Afro - Caribbean, African - European, and white American . </P>

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