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James M. Priest
1819–1883
United States
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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.
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