Given the question: Facts:   - death place: liberia    - president: anthony william gardiner    - order: 10th 10th    - successor: hilary r. w. johnson james thompson    - party: true whig    - death date: 4 april 1884    - predecessor: anthony william gardiner charles harmon    - office: president of liberia vice president of liberia      - term end: january 7 , 1884 january 20 , 1883    - term start: january 20 , 1883 january 7 , 1878    - birth date: 25 august 1817    - name: alfred francis russell    - image: alfred russell2.jpg    - birth place: lexington , kentucky , united states   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alfred francis russell .
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alfred francis russell -lrb- 25 august 1817 -- 4 april 1884 -rrb- was an americo-liberian missionary , planter and politician .elected as vice-president of liberia in 1881 under anthony william gardiner , he succeeded to the presidency after the latter resigned due to poor health .russell served as tenth president of liberia from 1883 to 1884 .born in lexington , kentucky , russell was emancipated in 1833 -lrb- with his mother amelie `` milly '' crawford -rrb- by their mistress mary owen todd russell wickliffe -lrb- russell 's grandmother through his white father -rrb- .wickliffe also emancipated his cousin , lucretia russell , and her four children .both families emigrated together from the united states to liberia that year .alfred russell served as a methodist missionary and later owned a large coffee and sugarcane farm .russell continued to serve as a methodist minister after entering politics ; he was also elected to the liberian senate .