History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 815 pages of information about History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1.

History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 815 pages of information about History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1.

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.

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