Liberia Inaugurates First President: Africa's First Republic
Joseph Jenkins Roberts was born free in Virginia. His family moved to Liberia when he was 20. The American Colonization Society had founded Liberia as a place to send freed slaves. Roberts became a merchant, then governor. When Liberia declared independence, he became president. He served for eight years.
January 3, 1848
178 years ago
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