Word: liberia
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...Swampscott a crowded calendar and several week-end guests awaited the President. In one hour he conferred separately with Postmaster General New Senator Wadsworth, Edwin Barclay (Secretary of State from Liberia) and a New Jersey delegation headed by Senator Edge...
Answered the Negro Secretary, who had previously given his age as 43 and had stated he was educated at the old Liberian College at Monrovia, Liberian capital: "Rubber is thriving well in Liberia and there will be a good crop this season. Fifteen hundred acres, planted by the Firestone concern as an experiment, have turned out a success, and 20,000 acres are now under cultivation...
...Labor is very cheap in Liberia and strong, healthy men work for 25 cents a day. The language of Liberia is English. It is a country for young men, and any of the colored people who wish to go there from America to live will be heartily welcomed and given grants of land to cultivate...
...ejaculated the Minister. "Neither Garvey nor any of those who have been identified with him would be received in Liberia...
...Liberia is a Negro Republic founded in 1847, situate on the west coast of Africa. Its population is estimated at 2,000,000 and its area is about 40,000 square miles. The Constitution of the country is modeled on that of the U. S., differing only slightly from it. It has a President, elected for four years; a Senate and a House of Representatives, elected for six and four years respectively. All electors must be of Negro blood and property owners. *Notorious Negro now confined at Atlanta Penitentiary for using the mails to defraud...