조지프 젱킨스 로버츠

소개

조지프 젱킨스 로버츠(영어: Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1809년 3월 15일 ~ 1876년 2월 24일)은 라이베리아의 초대 대통령(1848-1856년)과 7대 대통령(1872-1876년)을 지낸 인물이다. 미국에서 자유 흑인으로 태어나 이후 라이베리아로 이민하였고, 초기 정착민들을 지도하다가 라이베리아의 초대 대통령으로 선출되었다.

Joseph Jenkins Roberts was an African American merchant who emigrated to Liberia in 1829, where he became a politician. Elected as the first (1848–1856) and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after independence, he was the first man of African descent to govern the country, serving previously as governor from 1841 to 1848. He later returned to office in the 1871 general election following the 1871 Liberian coup d'état. Born free in Norfolk, Virginia, Roberts emigrated as a young man with his mother, siblings, wife, and child to the young West African colony. He opened a trading firm in Monrovia and later engaged in politics.