Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was in 1865 that Edward James Roye was appointed as Chief Justice of Liberia, an office he held until 1868. The American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edward James Roye of Newark has been the subject of many articles over the years. We do not know when former Liberia President ...

Edward James Roye, an African American barber from Newark who became the fifth president of Liberia in 1870, has been the subject of many articles over the years. Some aspects of these stories are ...

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 ...

We do not know when former Liberia President Edward James Roye, who grew up in Newark, learned of the death of his father, John, in Illinois in 1829. Although his father had promised Edward that the ...