Which African country was settled by freed slaves?

• A. Eritrea
• B. Liberia
• C. Gabon
• D. Ghana

Answer: (B)

A country in Africa that was founded as a homeland for freed enslaved people from the Americas is Liberia. In the early 1800s, the American Colonization Society helped settle freed slaves and free Black people from the United States and the Caribbean along the coast, and these communities grew into Liberia, with Monrovia as the capital. Liberia then declared independence in 1847, becoming Africa’s first republic established by freed slaves. The other places listed have different colonial histories: Eritrea developed under Italian and later Ethiopian rule, Gabon was a French colony, and Ghana (the Gold Coast) was a British colony—none were created specifically as settlements for freed slaves.