Joseph Roberts became first president of Liberia / “Lord Haw-Haw” executed for treason - January 3rd Flashback

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On this day in 1848, Black American merchant Joseph Jenkins Roberts was sworn in as the first president of Liberia.On this day in 1946, William Joyce, better known to the British as Lord Haw-Haw, was put to death for betraying his country on behalf of Nazi Germany.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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