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He was born a slave in the United States. state of Kentucky.
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James Priest
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Prior to the death of slaveowner Jane Anderson Meaux, she educated and freed Priest and sent him to Liberia to evaluate the situation of former slaves living in Liberia. In 1843, he emigrated to Liberia under the auspices of the American Colonization Society. He later became a justice of the Liberian Supreme Court.
