James M. Priest (July 8, 1819 – May 16, 1883) was the sixth vice president of Liberia from 1864 to 1868 under President Daniel Bashiel Warner. He was born a slave in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Prior to the death of slaveowner Jane Anderson Meaux, she educated and freed Priest and sent him to Liberia to evaluate the situation of former slaves living in Liberia. He returned to the U.S. and received more education and became a Presbyterian missionary. In 1843, he emigrated to Liberia under the auspices of the American Colonization Society. He later became a justice of the Liberian Supreme Court. References 1819 births 1883 deaths 19th-century American slaves 19th-century Liberian politicians Vice presidents of Liberia Americo-Liberian people Supreme Court of Liberia justices Liberian Presbyterians American Presbyterian missionaries Republican Party (Liberia) politicians 19th-century African-American people 19th-century Liberian judges