On September 11, 1885, Moses A. Hopkins was appointed as the U.S. Minister to Liberia by President Grover Cleveland. Hopkins was an African American educator, minister, and diplomat. Before his diplomatic appointment, he was a formerly enslaved person who became a prominent educator and pastor. His role as Minister to Liberia reflected the U.S. government’s diplomatic relations with the West African nation, which had historical ties to freed African Americans.
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