Answer: The U.S. Government lent some diplomatic support, but Britain and France had territories in West Africa and were better poised to act. As a result, in 1847, Liberia declared independence from the American Colonization Society in order to establish a sovereign state and create its own laws governing commerce.
Independence was granted by the US in 1847. Liberia helped to aid Britain in its efforts to end the illegal West African slave trade. The official U.S. diplomatic recognition came in 1862.
The major criticism of the Catholic Church put forward by the Protestants during this time was that the Church had "lost its way" and become too focused on pageantry than on truly serving God.