Joseph Jenkins Roberts served as the first black governor of the colony of Liberia from 1840 until 1847 and in 1848 he was elected the first president of the new Republic of Liberia. Roberts served as president twice, from 1848 to 1856 and again from 1872 to 1876. He also helped to found Liberia College […]
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