<P> More recently the African - American actor Isaiah Washington, a titled chief of the Mende people, has received Sierra Leonean citizenship due to his ancestral descent from the Mendes . Due to this, other members of the African diaspora that are also of Sierra Leonean descent can apply for citizenship as well if their descent is verified by a DNA test, as Mr. Washington's was . </P> <Ul> <Li> Joseph Jenkins Roberts--first President of Liberia and founding father </Li> <Li> Thomas Peters (black leader)--African - American Black Loyalist leader and founder of Freetown, Sierra Leone </Li> <Li> William Coleman--President of Liberia </Li> <Li> Stephen Allen Benson--President of Liberia </Li> <Li> David George--African - American Baptist preacher </Li> <Li> Boston King--African - American Methodist missionary </Li> <Li> Henry Washington (or Harry Washington)--African - born slave to first U.S. President George Washington </Li> <Li> Daniel Coker--African - American missionary to Sierra Leone </Li> <Li> Edward Jones (missionary)--American missionary to Sierra Leone </Li> <Li> Edward J. Roye--President of Liberia, and first president from the True Whig Party </Li> <Li> John Russwurm--founder of Freedom's Journal, the first black newspaper in the United States </Li> </Ul> <Li> Joseph Jenkins Roberts--first President of Liberia and founding father </Li> <Li> Thomas Peters (black leader)--African - American Black Loyalist leader and founder of Freetown, Sierra Leone </Li>

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