Urias McGill (merchant)
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African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
mulatto from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
who immigrated to Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
. Urias McGill was a member of the McGill family (Monrovia)
McGill family (Monrovia)
The McGill family of Monrovia, Liberia was a free African American mulatto family from Baltimore, Maryland which immigrated to Monrovia in the 19th century. The McGills were one of the most prominent early Americo-Liberian families and they were one of the early American settlers of Liberia...
and his brothers and he established a successful trading business in Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
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