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Charles D. B. King

1875–1961 · 20th century · Also known as Charles Dunbar Burgess King

Charles D. B. King was the 17th president of Liberia, in office from 1920 to 1930. As secretary of state he represented Liberia at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, and as president he granted the Firestone rubber concession of 1926. When a League of Nations commission found in 1930 that senior officials had been involved in shipping forced labourers to Fernando Po, he resigned with his vice-president.

Charles D. B. King
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