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Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress). [Edward J. Roye, three-quarter length portrait, standing, with hand raised] Liberian Senator, 1856- Written on back of plate: Ed. J. Roye, Senator from Montserrado Co. The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia Exhibited: A durable memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American daguerreotypist. https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2013/02/augustus-washington-daguerreotypist/
