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[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to right]
Summary
President of Liberia.
Was part of LOT 8554.
Case: central diamond surrounded by leaves.
Stamped on brass mat: McCartey.
Transfer; Manuscript Division.
Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia.
Tags
Date
01/01/1840
Contributors
McCarty, Augustus, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
