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Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was an Americo-Liberian merchant who emigrated to Liberia in 1829, where he became a politician. Elected as the first (1848–1856) and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after independence, he was the first man of African descent to govern the country, serving ...
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (15 de marzo de 1809 – 24 de febrero de 1876) fue el primer Presidente de Liberia (1848–1856, 1872–1876). Roberts nació como un hombre libre, de ascendencia mixta africana y europea, y creció en Norfolk, Virginia, en los Estados Unidos. Estudió en la Norfolk Academy y en la Maury High School.
4 de abr. de 2024 · Joseph Jenkins Roberts (born March 15, 1809, Petersburg, Va., U.S.—died Feb. 24, 1876, Monrovia, Liberia) was an American-born individual who became the first president of Liberia (1848–56). A native of Virginia, Roberts was the son of free “blacks” whose heritage was more than seven-eighths white. At the age of 20 he ...
30 de abr. de 2022 · Pie de foto, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, un estadounidense nacido en Virginia que llegó a Liberia en 1829, fue el primer presidente del país después de la independencia en 1847.
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was the first (1848–1856) and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead the country to independence as its first nonwhite Governor.
19 de jul. de 2016 · Learn about the life and achievements of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the first and seventh president of Liberia. He was a free black immigrant from Virginia who founded Liberia College and expanded its borders.
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809–1876), a wealthy Monrovia merchant who had emigrated in 1829 from Petersburg, Virginia, became the first black ACS governor of Liberia in 1841. In 1848, he was elected the first president of an independent Liberia. He achieved international recognition for the new country before leaving the presidency in 1856.
