CONTENTS OF VOL. I 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. Liberia . . . . i 



II. Ancient History 13 



III. Normans and Genoese 29 



IV. Portuguese 37 



V. Pepper and Gold 54 



VI. The Guinea Trade in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth 



Centuries 70 



VII. A Dutch Account of Liberia in the Seventeenth Century 83 



VIII. The Slave Trade 104 



IX. The Founding of Liberia 125 



X. The Last Phase of the Slave Trade . . . . 161 



XL Governors of Liberia 179 



XII. Independence . . . 198 



XIIL President Roberts 224 



XIV. Frontier Questions 241 



XV. The Loan and its Consequences 258 



XVI. Recent History 277 



XVIL The Americo-Liberians 340 



Appendix I. Americo-Liberian Population . . -371 

 „ II. Statistical information as to Government, 



Religion, Education, etc 374 



„ III. The Liberian National Anthem . . . 394 



XVIII. Commerce 39^ 



XIX. Geography of Liberia 432 



XX. Climate and Rainfall 497 



XXL Geology and Minerals 5 '3 



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