Edward James Roye
1815–71
President of Liberia. Born in Newark, Ohio. Emigrated to Liberia in 1846. Became a leading merchant. President, 1870–1; he was violently deposed.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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