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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Página 67
... carried quite round the set- tlement ; and in the event of a yet longer respite , to carry on , as rapidly as possible , under the protection of the near- est fortified point , the construction of the martello tower , which , as soon as ...
... carried quite round the set- tlement ; and in the event of a yet longer respite , to carry on , as rapidly as possible , under the protection of the near- est fortified point , the construction of the martello tower , which , as soon as ...
Página 68
... carry into effect as to insure the preservation of the settle- ment . Their defenses were still very far from complete when , on the 7th of November , intelligence was received at the cape that the enemy were ready for an assault on the ...
... carry into effect as to insure the preservation of the settle- ment . Their defenses were still very far from complete when , on the 7th of November , intelligence was received at the cape that the enemy were ready for an assault on the ...
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... carried on exten- sively within sight of Monrovia . Fifteen vessels were en- gaged in it at the same time , almost under the guns of the settlement ; and in July of this year a contract was exist- ing for eight hundred slaves to be ...
... carried on exten- sively within sight of Monrovia . Fifteen vessels were en- gaged in it at the same time , almost under the guns of the settlement ; and in July of this year a contract was exist- ing for eight hundred slaves to be ...
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... the breakers , to receive on board the rescued slaves ; at two the canoes began to carry off the mariners , and at half - past three all were embarked , the officers leav- ing the shore last , having set fire to the 86 LIBERIA .
... the breakers , to receive on board the rescued slaves ; at two the canoes began to carry off the mariners , and at half - past three all were embarked , the officers leav- ing the shore last , having set fire to the 86 LIBERIA .
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... carried a brass six - pounder , pivot mounted , and being strongly manned and well armed with muskets , boarding pistols , and cutlasses , she was thus prepared for defense against the piratical slave traders , afforded a commodious ...
... carried a brass six - pounder , pivot mounted , and being strongly manned and well armed with muskets , boarding pistols , and cutlasses , she was thus prepared for defense against the piratical slave traders , afforded a commodious ...
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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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