<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Liberia">Liberia</a> declares its independence from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States">United States</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France">France</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_United_Kingdom" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The United Kingdom">the United Kingdom</a> are the first to recognize the new nation.