CHAPTER X.

THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.

Liberia.--Its Location.--Extent.--Rivers and
Mountains.--History of the First Colony.--The Noble Men who
laid the Foundation of the Liberian Republic.--Native
Tribes.--Translation of the New Testament into the Vei
Language.--The Beginning and Triumph of Christian Missions
to Liberia.--History of the Different Denominations on the
Field.--A Missionary Republic of Negroes.--Testimony of
Officers of the Royal Navy as to the Efficiency of the
Republic in suppressing the Slave-Trade.--The Work of the
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CHAPTER XI.

RÉSUMÉ.

The Unity of the Human Family re-affirmed.--God gave all
Races of Men Civilization.--The Antiquity of the Negro
beyond Dispute.--Idolatry the Cause of the Degradation of
the African Races.--He has always had a Place in History,
though Incidental.--Negro Type caused by Degradation.--Negro
Empires an Evidence of Crude Ability for
Self-Government.--Influence of the two Christian Governments
on the West Coast upon the Heathen.--Oration on Early
Christianity in Africa.--The Duty of Christianity to