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	Presidents - Liberian Observer
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876) was born in Virginia, U.S.A. His parents were poor.
		In 1841 Governor Thomas Buchanan, a cousin of the President of the USA, James Buchanan, died and was succeeded by J.J. Roberts.
		Although Roberts was a colonist, "he was not really fl; he was an octoroon and could have easily passed for a white man", as Aboyomi Karnga, one of Liberia’s best-known historians reported.
	liberianobserver.com /news/categoryfront.php/id/19/Presidents.html (1095 words)

	Joseph Jenkins Roberts
		He became a successful merchant and caught the eye of Liberia's white governor, who appointed Roberts as his successor.
		In South Africa, British commander Lord Roberts captures the capital of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, from the Boers.
		In Britain, aged 26, Margaret Roberts (Thatcher) of the Conservative Party becomes the youngest candidate to stand at a general election.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/encyclopedia/article_show/Roberts_Joseph_Jenkins_18091876/m0077055.html?from=hotlink (407 words)

	African Americans - History Of Liberia: A Time Line - Independence for Liberia - July 26, 1847
		By 1847, Joseph Jenkins Roberts had become a leader in the colony and felt Liberia was ready for independence.
		Former Virginian Joseph Jenkins Roberts (America's First Look into the Camera), a trader and successful military commander, was named the first lieutenant governor and became the first African-American governor of the colony after the appointed governor died in office (1841).
		President Roberts assisted the Marylanders, and a joint military campaign by both groups of African American colonists resulted in victory.
	www.africanamericans.com /Liberia.htm (2841 words)

	Daguerreotype Portraits
		Roberts was born in Virginia, and emigrated to Liberia when he was twenty years old.
		Roberts served as Liberia's president from 1848-1856 and from 1872-1876.
		Jane Waring Roberts emigrated to Liberia from Virginia in 1824.
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	Joseph Jenkins Roberts - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was the first President of Liberia (1848–1856, 1872–1876).
		Roberts was born a free man, of mixed African and European ancestry, and was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, in the United States.
		In 1839, Roberts became Liberia's lieutenant governor and afterwards, its governor (1841–1848).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts (262 words)

	netcyclo: Roberts, Joseph Jenkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Roberts was born in the USA, and emigrated to Liberia when he was twenty years old.
		Roberts served as Liberia's president in 1848, and he achieved international recognition for the new country before leaving the presidency in 1856.
		Jane Waring Roberts (born 1818), the daughter of a Baptist minister who came to Liberia in 1824, became Roberts's second wife in 1836.
	www.netcyclo.com /people/r/jjrobert/jjrobert.htm (112 words)

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		Joseph Jenkins Roberts From Sterwiki Joseph Jenkins Roberts (Petersburg, 15 maart 1809-Monrovia, 24 februari 1876), was een Liberiaans staatsman.
		thumbrightJoseph Jenkins Roberts Roberts werd geboren in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika als de zoon van 'vrije zwarten.' Op twintigjarige leeftijd emigreerde hij naar Liberia, een toenmalige Amerikaanse kolonie waar zich veel vrijgelaten zwarte slaven uit de VS vestigden.
		In de negentiende eeuw was Liberia samen met Ethiopië het enige onafhankelijke land in Afrika, de overige Afrikaanse landen werden in de loop van de 19de eeuw gekoloniseerd.
	www.1000vragen.nl /financieel_nieuws/2005/02/08/finnieuws_Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts.html (244 words)

	ARTICLE: Joseph Jenkins Roberts: son of Virginia, father of Liberia (The Virginian-Pilot - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Roberts was a farmer, businessman, statesman and scholar.
		After the death of James Roberts, the family learned at his Methodist church of plans to settle parts of the African coast under the sponsorship of the American Colonization Society, an organization formed in 1817 to send free fls to their native land as an alternative to emancipation in the United States.
		Roberts had learned his fatherâs shipping trade and had done an apprenticeship in a barbershop owned by the Rev. William N. Colson, a Petersburg free fl man. Colsonâs personal library is where Roberts got much of his early education.
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	Joseph Jenkins Roberts
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts was a successful businessman in the new colony.
		When the colony became a nation, Roberts was elected the first president.
	www.educationalsynthesis.org /famamer/Roberts.html (96 words)

	Liberia: The African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress Exhibition)
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876), a wealthy Monrovia merchant who had emigrated in 1829 from Petersburg, Virginia, became the first fl ACS governor of Liberia in 1841.
		In this 1849 letter, President Joseph Jenkins Roberts of Liberia appeals to the government and people of the United States for aid in purchasing the territory of Gallinas, enabling Liberia to control the West-African coast from Sierra Leone to Cape Palmas.
		As incentive, Roberts boasts of the eradication of the slave trade in territories recently acquired by Liberia and points out that adding Gallinas would enable the republic to keep the whole coast "free from the demoralizing and wilting influence of the Slave trade."
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/african/afam003.html (745 words)

	Mariners' Museum - Waters of Despair, Waters of Hope
		Virginia is the home of two founding presidents: George Washington and Joseph Jenkins Roberts.
		Born in Norfolk and reared in Petersburg, Roberts became the first President of the Republic of Liberia.
		Roberts was a skilled barber and boatman who became a merchant when he emigrated to Liberia.
	www.mariner.org /waters/freedom/freedom04.htm (114 words)

	African American Registry: Joseph Roberts, Liberia's first President!
		A native of Virginia, Roberts was born March 15 in Petersburg, Virginia, the son of free "Blacks" whose heritage was more than seven-eighths white.
		At the age of 20, he immigrated to Liberia with his mother and younger brothers became a merchant, and also an unofficial aide to the white governor of the colony, Thomas H. Buchanan, a member of the American Colonization Society, which sought the return of American freedmen to Africa.
		Joseph Roberts died February 24, 1876 in Monrovia, Liberia.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/754/Joseph_Roberts_Liberias_first_President (242 words)

	Joseph Jenkins Roberts Information
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 ;– February 24, 1876) was the first President of Liberia (1848–1856, 1872–1876).
		Roberts, one of the Republican Party's leaders, won the ensuing presidential, and thus returned to office.
		Liberia's main airport, Roberts Field, is named in honor of Joseph Roberts.
	www.bookrags.com /Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts (207 words)

	Roberts-Sawyer
		Roberts, born say 1664, was living in Elizabeth City County on 17 June 1724 when the court granted her petition to be levy free [Orders 1724-30, 34].
		Roberts, born say 1755, was called the son of James Roberts in a promissory note made on 24 July 1778 by which Jonathan Bowing agreed to pay him 80 pounds currency for value received.
		Sabra Roberts, born say 1718, a "Negroe," was presented in Northampton County, Virginia, on 9 November 1736 for bastard bearing and was called "Sabra a Negroe Servant woman to William Smith" on 11 April 1738 when the court bound her daughter Dorothy to her master.
	www.freeafricanamericans.com /Roberts_Sawyer.htm (16017 words)

	Charles D.B. King
		It is very likely that the ‘colour conflict’ which separated the leading mulattoes from the large majority of colonists of darker complexion had much to do with the animosity between Roberts and Roye.
		E.J. Roye and J.J. Roberts, the First President of Liberia, were political adversaries.
		They disagreed on the issue of closing off the country for foreign traders' activities ('Closed Door Policy') or opening up the colony and the hinterland for foreign traders and investors ('Open Door Policy').
	www.liberiapastandpresent.org /Presidents.htm (1176 words)

	Joseph J. Roberts intro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		They were Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1848-56 and 1872 -76), James Spriggs Payney (1868-70 and 1876-78), and Anthony Willliam Gardiner (1878-83).
		At the age of 24, J.J. Roberts was appointed high sheriff of the colony.
		The settlers voted for independence, and Roberts was elected the first President of the Republic of Liberia.
	www.donsmcclureconsultants.com /concept_019.htm (542 words)

	CNN.com - Nation settled by ex-slaves struggles for unity - Jul 23, 2004
		In response, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, who had immigrated to Liberia in 1829, publicly declared the colony an independent republic on July 26, 1847, and was elected president the next year.
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts became Liberia's first elected president in 1848.
		William Burke and his family sailed to Liberia in 1853 after they were freed by owner Robert E. Lee, later a celebrated Confederate general, and were enthusiastic about their new home.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/africa/07/23/twih.liberia/index.html?eref=sitesearch (1283 words)

	Joseph Jenkins Roberts Biography (1809–76) Online Encyclopedia Article About Joseph Jenkins Roberts Biography ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Of mixed fl and white heritage, he emigrated to Liberia with his widowed mother and three brothers in 1829.
		He became a successful merchant and caught the eye of Liberia's white governor, who appointed Roberts as his successor.
		The first African-American governor of Liberia, he went on to become the first president of the new country in 1847, serving six terms in all.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/075/Joseph-Jenkins-Roberts.html (158 words)

	LiberianForum.Com ~ Liberian Information Online
		Former Virginian Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a trader and successful military commander, was named the first lieutenant governor and became the first African-American governor of the colony after the appointed governor died in office (1841).
		In 1839 Roberts was appointed Vice Colonial Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia and took over as Governor of the Commonwealth, in 1841, when Thomas Buchanan died.
		In 1968, Henry Fahnbullah, Liberian Ambassador to Kenya; Robert Kennedy, Sr., Superintendent of Lofa County; James Y. Gbyeyea, Superintendent of Bong County; and Gabriel Fangarlow, Superintendent of Nimba County, were all arrested for allegedly attempting to overthrow the Liberian government.
	www.liberianforum.com /history.htm (7668 words)

	Liberian Observer: Joseph Jenkins Roberts
		Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876) was born in Virginia, U.S.A. His parents were poor.
		Roberts soon became a prosperous trader and also engaged in politics.
		In 1841 Governor Thomas Buchanan, a cousin of the President of the USA, James Buchanan, died and was succeeded by J.J. Roberts.
	www.liberianobserver.com /news/fullstory.php/aid/30/Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts.html (142 words)

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		Morel, Junius C. Morey, J. Morris, Robert Jr.
		Riley, William H. Roberts, John J. Roberts, John Jenkins
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