Daniel Bashiel Warner
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Daniel Bashiel Warner (April 19, 1815 – December 1, 1880) served as the third president of Liberia from 1864 to 1868. Prior to this, he served as the third Secretary of State in the cabinet of
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from 1854 to 1856 and the fifth
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under President
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from 1860 to 1864.


Background

Warner, an
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, was born free on Hookstown Road in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, to a father who was a farmer and ex-slave who acquired his freedom one year before Warner was born."Death Of A Liberian President,''New York Times'', March 13, 1881
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Warner's date of birth is unclear. Some records show that he was born on April 19, 1815.
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documents list him as age nine when he emigrated to Liberia with eight relatives on the ship ''Oswego'' in 1823. A member of the
Americo-Liberian Americo-Liberian people or Congo people or Congau people in Liberian English,Cooper, Helene, ''The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood'' (United States: Simon and Schuster, 2008), p. 6 are a Liberian ethnic group of Afric ...
elite, before his presidency, he served as a member of the Liberian House of Representatives, including a term as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1848 to 1849, and in the Liberian Senate.Emma Jones Lapsansky Werner & Margaret Hope Bacon
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/ref> Following his presidency, in 1877, he became an agent of the American Colonization Society. He also wrote the lyrics to the Liberian national anthem, which the country officially adopted upon its independence from the American Colonization Society in 1847.


Presidency (1864–1868)

Warner's main concern as president was his government's relationship with the area's indigenous people, particularly those in the interior of the country. He organized the first settler expedition into the interior in 1868. Led by Benjamin J. K. Anderson, the expedition resulted in the signing of a treaty between the Americo-Liberian government and the community of Moussadou in today's Guinea. Anderson took careful notes describing the people, the customs, and the natural resources of the areas he passed through, eventually publishing a report on his journey. Using the information from the report, Warner's government moved to assert limited control over the inland region. Warner retired after his second two-year term ended in 1868.


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* History of Liberia, external links {{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Daniel Bashiel 1815 births 1880 deaths Americo-Liberian people National anthem writers Presidents of Liberia Members of the Senate of Liberia Speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia Republican Party (Liberia) politicians Politicians from Monrovia People from Baltimore County, Maryland 19th-century Liberian politicians 19th-century African-American people