What the records say
- When
- Oct 1871
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 6.31° N, 10.80° W
- Description
- overthrow and death of President Edward James Roye
1871 Liberian coup d'état
Overthrow and death of President Edward James Roye
The 1871 Liberian coup d'état, also known as the Roye affair, resulted in the overthrow and death of President Edward James Roye of the True Whig Party and his eventual replacement by Joseph Jenkins Roberts of the Republican Party.
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