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Thomas Buchanan (governor)
Thomas Buchanan was an American colonisation agent who became governor of Bassa Cove in 1836 and in 1839 the first governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia, which united Monrovia, Bassa Cove and other settlements. A cousin of the future US president James Buchanan, he organised the militia and fought local rulers who traded in slaves. He died of fever in 1841 and was succeeded by Joseph Jenkins Roberts.
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