Arthur Barclay
president of Liberia
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Arthur Barclay served as president of Liberia in 1904. Born in Barbados, he initiated a policy of direct cooperation with the Indigenous peoples of Liberia. He also secured a loan from London in 1907 and made efforts toward reform, though the country's foreign debt remained a burden. Effective governmental authority over the interior was limited to about 20 miles inland during his presidency.12
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