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The Republican Party of Liberia was a political party founded soon after the founding of Liberia in 1848. It was known to be made up primarily of Americo-Liberians who had mixed African and European ancestry. Its main opponent was the True Whig Party. The first President of Liberia Joseph Jenkins Roberts supported the party which had the first candidates elected to office in the independent nation. The party weakened soon after the death of Roberts.