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  2. Republic of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Republic of Maryland. The Republic of Maryland (also known variously as the Independent State of Maryland, Maryland-in-Africa, and Maryland in Liberia) was a country in West Africa that existed from 1834 to 1857, when it was merged into what is now Liberia. The area was first settled in 1834 by freed African-American slaves and freeborn African ...

  3. Indigenous peoples of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Indigenous peoples of Maryland are the tribes who historically and currently live in the land that is now the State of Maryland in the United States of America. These tribes belong to the Northeastern Woodlands, a cultural region . Only 2% of the state's population self-reported as having Native American ancestry in the 2020 US census.

  4. Kibera - Wikipedia

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    Kibera ( Kinubi: Forest or Jungle [1]) is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) from the city centre. [2] Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa. [3] [4] [5] The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates ...

  5. Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory - Wikipedia

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    Nanticoke. The Piscataway Indian Nation / pɪsˈkætəˌweɪ /, also called Piscatawa / pɪsˈkætəˌweɪ, ˌpɪskəˈtɑːwə /, [1] is a state-recognized tribe in Maryland [2] that is descended from the historic Piscataway people. [3] At the time of European encounter, the Piscataway was one of the most populous and powerful Native polities ...

  6. East Africa Protectorate - Wikipedia

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    East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west.

  7. History of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The recorded history of Maryland dates back to the beginning of European exploration, starting with the Venetian John Cabot, who explored the coast of North America for the Kingdom of England in 1498. After European settlements had been made to the south and north, the colonial Province of Maryland was granted by King Charles I to Sir George ...

  8. History of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    The earliest account of Nairobi 's / naɪˈroʊbɪ / history dates back to 1899 when a railway depot was built in a brackish African swamp occupied by a pastoralist people, the Maasai, the sedentary Akamba people, as well as the agriculturalist Kikuyu people who were all displaced by the colonialists. The railway complex and the building around ...

  9. African Americans in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The history of African Americans in Maryland is long and complex. Southern Maryland is the home of the first person of African descent to be elected to and serve in a legislature in America. His name was Mathias de Sousa and he was one of the original colonists to arrive in 1634. Southern Maryland is also the place where Josiah Henson was ...