About James M. Priest
Lived 1816 – 1883 (aged 66–67). James M. Priest was a Liberian politician and judge.
James Mux Priest (July 8, 1819 – May 16, 1883) was the sixth vice president of Liberia from 1864 to 1868 under President Daniel Bashiel Warner. He was born enslaved in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Slaveowner Jane Anderson Meaux educated and freed Priest and sent him to Liberia to evaluate the situation of former enslaved people living in Liberia. He returned to the U.S. and received more education and became a Presbyterian missionary. In 1843, he emigrated to Liberia under the auspices of the American Colonization Society.
He later became a justice of the Liberian Supreme Court.
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Who was James M. Priest?
Liberian politician and lawyer (1816–1883)
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James M. Priest was born in 1816 in Kentucky.
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James M. Priest died on 16 May 1883.
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James M. Priest was a politician and judge.
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James M. Priest was Liberian.
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