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Liberia marks birth anniversary of first president Joseph Jenkins Roberts

epa11222440 Students parade to mark the 215th birth anniversary of Liberia's first president Joseph Jenkins Roberts, in Monrovia, Liberia, 15 March 2024. The day is observed as a national holiday to commemorate the birth anniversary of Liberia's first president Joseph Jenkins Roberts. A black nationalist during the American slavery, Joseph Roberts immigrated to Liberia in 1829 at the age of 20, when the country was considered as a settlement for free slaves by the America Colonization Society (ACS). Roberts, was born in Petersburg, Virginia, USA, and became Liberia's first president, after the declaration of independence in 26 July 1847, and re-elected again in 1872, as Liberia's seventh president. Joseph Jenkins Roberts died in February 1876. EPA/AHMED JALLANZO

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