CHAPTER IX.

Sierra Leone.

Its Discovery and Situation.—­Natural Beauty.—­Founding of a Negro Colony.—­The Sierra Leone Company.—­Fever and Insubordination.—­It becomes an English Province.—­Character of its Inhabitants.—­Christian Missions, etc. 85

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 Future. 95

CHAPTER XI.

Resume.

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 evangelize Africa. 108

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Part ii.

SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES.

CHAPTER XII.

The colony of Virginia.

1619-1775.

Introduction of the First Slaves.—­“The Treasurer” and the Dutch Man-of-War.—­The Correct Date.—­The Number of Slaves.—­Were there Twenty, or Fourteen?—­Litigation about the Possession of the Slaves.—­Character of the Slaves imported, and the Character of the Colonists.—­Race Prejudices.—­Legal Establishment of Slavery.—­Who are Slaves for Life.—­Duties on Imported Slaves.—­Political and Military Prohibitions against Negroes.—­Personal Rights.—­Criminal Laws against Slaves.—­Emancipation.—­How brought about.—­Free Negroes.—­Their Rights.—­Moral and Religious Training.—­Population.—­Slavery firmly established. 115

CHAPTER XIII.

The colony of new York.

1628-1775.