A Social History of the American Negro / Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia

by Benjamin Griffith Brawley

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Ashmun, 9.

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See Chapter III, Section 5.

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Stockwell, 73.

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This name, in honor of President Monroe, had recently been adopted by the Society at the suggestion of Robert Goodloe Harper, of Maryland, who also suggested the name Liberia for the country. Harper himself was afterwards honored by having the chief town in Maryland in Africa named after him.

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Stockwell, 79.

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McPherson is especially valuable for his study of the Maryland colony.

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Karnga, 28.

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But not Hilary R.W. Johnson, the efficient Secretary of State, later President.

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President Roberts died February 21, 1876, barely two months after giving up office. He was caught in the rain while attending a funeral, took a severe chill, and was not able to recover.

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See Liberia, Bulletin No. 5, November, 1894.