Liberia
a negro republic on the W. coast of Africa, founded in 1822 by liberated American slaves under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, and recognized as an independent state in 1847. It lies between the rivers Cavally and Manna, has 350 miles of seaboard, and extends some 200 miles inland; area about 40,000 square miles.
The soil is fertile, well-watered , and highly adapted to the cultivation of all tropical products. The chief crop is coffee, increasing quantities of which are grown from year to year and exported, other exports being palm-oil, groundnuts, caoutchouc, and ivory. The climate is very unhealthful for Europeans.
Britisn weights, measures, and moneys are mostly in use. The English language predominates among the governing class, churches and schools are provided, and civilization is making rapid strides among the natives. The popula- . The The population consists of some 20,000 immigrants from the United States and their descendants, and about 1,500,000 natives; Monrovia is the capital. The government of the republic is on the model of the United States. In consequence of boundary troubles and other difficulties, the Government of Liberia appealed to the United States for help in 1908.
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