Jehudi Ashmun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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religious leader and social reformer
Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1794
Place of Birth: Champlain, New York, United States
Date of Death: 25-Aug-1828
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Jehudi Ashmun
- Jehudi Ashmun (April 21, 1794 – August 25, 1828) was an American religious leader and social reformer from New England who became involved in the American Colonization Society.
- It founded the colony of Liberia in West Africa as a place to resettle free people of color from the United States.
- Ashmun emigrated to Monrovia, Liberia in 1822, where he served as the United States government's agent (de facto governor) for two different terms: one from August 1822 until April 1824, and another from August 1824 until March 1828.
- Suffering ill health, he returned to the United States and died later that year.
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