Tripolitanian Republic over Libya by 1930. Originally administered as part of a single colony, Italian Tripolitania was a separate colony from 26 June 1927 to 3 December 1934, when it was merged into Libya. Tripolitanian Republic After World War I, an Arab republic, "al-Jumhuriyat at-Trabulsiya", or the "Tripolitanian Republic", declared the independence of Tripolitania from Italian Libya. The proclamation of the Tripolitanian Republic in autumn 1918 was followed by a formal declaration of independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The idea began in the city of Misrata following a meeting of Sulayman al-Baruni, Ramadan Asswehly, Abdul Nabi Belkheir and Ahmad Almarid.
Kentucky In Africa Kentucky In Africa Kentucky In Africa was a colony settled by freed African-American slaves in present-day Montserrado County, Liberia. A Kentucky state affiliate of the American Colonization Society was formed in 1828, and members raised money to transport Kentucky blacks — freeborn volunteers as well as slaves set free on the stipulation that they leave the United States — to Africa. The Kentucky society bought a site along the Saint Paul River and named it Kentucky in Africa. Clay-Ashland was the colony's main town. Notable residents of Kentucky In Africa include William D. Coleman, the 13th President of Liberia, whose