The American Colonization Society still controlled Liberia when Edward Roye moved there in 1846. In 1847, however, Liberians declared their independence, so they could establish a sovereign state and ...

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After 22 years in power, he ousted the Republican Party from power as a member of the True Whig Party. In addition, Roye was not popular with the American Colonization Society, which still wished to ...

As Liberia's fifth president, Edward Roye, traveled to England with his interior secretary a few months after being sworn in. Many receptions were held to honor Roye during their time in England, ...