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