The Republic of Liberia: Its Geography, Climate, Soil and Productions, with a History of Its Early SettlementA. S. Barnes & Company, 1868 - 299 páginas |
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... coast of Africa - a nation , indeed , having a form of govern- ment more in harmony with the teachings of divine revelation in its structure and application to the wants and well - being of the people than that of any human government ...
... coast of Africa - a nation , indeed , having a form of govern- ment more in harmony with the teachings of divine revelation in its structure and application to the wants and well - being of the people than that of any human government ...
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... coast it is quite mountainous. 5. Far as the eye can reach from the highest points of land in the vicinity of the ocean, the whole country presents the appearance of a deep, unbroken forest, with hilltop rising above hill-top toward the ...
... coast it is quite mountainous. 5. Far as the eye can reach from the highest points of land in the vicinity of the ocean, the whole country presents the appearance of a deep, unbroken forest, with hilltop rising above hill-top toward the ...
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... coast of Africa which has received the appellation of Liberia , embraces a tract of country included between the parallels of 4 ° 20 ′ and 7 ° 20 ′ north latitude , extending from the Sherbro River on the north ( near the southern ...
... coast of Africa which has received the appellation of Liberia , embraces a tract of country included between the parallels of 4 ° 20 ′ and 7 ° 20 ′ north latitude , extending from the Sherbro River on the north ( near the southern ...
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... coast it is quite mountainous . 5. Far as the eye can reach from the highest points of land in the vicinity of the ocean , the whole country pre- sents the appearance of a deep , unbroken forest , with hill- top rising above hill - top ...
... coast it is quite mountainous . 5. Far as the eye can reach from the highest points of land in the vicinity of the ocean , the whole country pre- sents the appearance of a deep , unbroken forest , with hill- top rising above hill - top ...
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... coast north of the cape forms a kind of bay , which gener- ally affords safe anchorage for vessels ; and the cove near the base of the cape affords as good a landing on the beach as can be found on almost any other part of the coast . 4 ...
... coast north of the cape forms a kind of bay , which gener- ally affords safe anchorage for vessels ; and the cove near the base of the cape affords as good a landing on the beach as can be found on almost any other part of the coast . 4 ...
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acres Africa agricultural American Colonization Society arrived Ashmun attention Bassa Cove beautiful Board brig Caldwell camwood Cape Mount Cape Palmas Captain cassada CHAPTER chiefs Christian Church citizens civilized climate coast colonial agent colonists colored commenced cultivation duties Edina elected emigrants established factory Factory Island farm feet fever fruit Grand Bassa grows houses hundred industry interior island Jo Harris John's River King Krooman labor land legislature Mandingoes ment Methodist miles Millsburg mission missionary Monrovia months Montserado nation natives nearly officers Paul's River persons physician plant plantain President prosperity raised recaptured Africans received Republic of Liberia rice rovia schools schooner season seen settlement settlers ship Sierra Leone slave trade soil soon Speller Stephen Allen Benson Stockton Creek territory tion tract Trade Town tree tribes tropical twenty United vegetables vessels vicinity
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