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Liberia, the Americo-African republic : being some impressions of the climate, resources, and people, resulting from personal observations and experiences in West Africa

Title
  1. Liberia, the Americo-African republic : being some impressions of the climate, resources, and people, resulting from personal observations and experiences in West Africa / by T. McCants Stewart, former professor of mathematics in the South Carolina State Agricultural College, late general agent for industrial education in Liberia ; With an introduction by Dr. G.W. Samson, former president of Columbian University, Washington, D.C.
Author
  1. Stewart, T. McCants (Thomas McCants), 1854?-1923
Published by
  1. New York : Edward O. Jenkins' Sons, 20 North William Street, 1886.
Format
  1. Book/text

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Additional authors
  1. Samson, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1819-1896
  2. Edward O. Jenkins' Sons, publisher, printer
  3. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner
Description
  1. 107, [1] pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  1. Liberia College. - [Browse in index]
  2. Liberia. - [Browse in index]
  3. Liberia -- Social life and customs. - [Browse in index]
  4. Liberia -- Description and travel. - [Browse in index]
  5. Indigenous peoples -- Liberia. - [Browse in index]
Contents
  1. ch. 1. The African continent -- ch. 2. The search for African territory -- ch. 3. The struggle to establish the colony -- ch. 4. Climate: the rainy season -- ch. 5. Climate: The dry season -- ch. 6. Climate: The cause of unhealthiness -- ch. 7. Climate: Malaria dethroned -- ch. 8. Climate: African fever -- ch. 9. Resources: Natural and cultivated products ; A growing commerce -- ch. 10. People: The natives ; Their customs and manners -- ch. 11. People: The Kroo and the Vey tribes -- ch. 12. People: The Americo-Africans -- ch. 13. People: Relations of Liberians and natives -- ch. 14. People: General conditions and prospects -- ch. 15. Mission and educational work needed -- ch. 16. American interest in the African republic.
Call number
  1. Sc Rare 916.66-S (Stewart, T. M. Liberia)
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. "Copyright, 1885, by T. McCants Stewart."--verso of title page.
  2. "Edward O. Jenkins' Sons, printers and stereotypers, 20 North William Street."--verso of title page.
  3. Advertisement for Liberia College, p. [1] at end.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  1. is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Author
  1. Stewart, T. McCants (Thomas McCants), 1854?-1923, author.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Indexed in:
  1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 2212
Provenance
  1. Copy in Sc Rare 916.66-S (accession no. B429096) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Samson, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1819-1896.
  2. Edward O. Jenkins' Sons, publisher, printer.
  3. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
LCCN
  1. 05015270 //r30
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