Edward James Roye
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Shown here is Edward James Roye, who emigrated from America to Liberia to receive his freedom. A number of Emily Thomas Tubman's slaves chose to immigrate to Liberia in 1842 when she freed them. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Emily Thomas Tubman House
Historical Marker # 2236 in Frankfort notes the location of philanthropist Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman's summer home.
Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman lived an extraordinary life for a nineteenth century woman. Born in 1794 in Hanover County,…