bed, 14;
Negro tribes, 24, 25;
Negro kingdoms, 26, 28, 31;
natives engage in the slave-trade, 27;
laws, 30, 56, 57;
religion, 30, 81-84, 89, 90;
war between the different tribes, 35-39;
war with England, 41-43;
patriarchal government, 50, 54, 55;
villages described, 51, 52;
architecture, 51-53;
women reign in, 55, 56;
marriage, 57, 58;
polygamy, 58;
status of the natives, 58, 59;
warfare, 61, 62;
agriculture, 62, 63;
mechanic arts, 63-65;
languages, 66-70, 90, 459;
literature, 75-80;
colony founded at Sierra Leone, 86, 87;
and Liberia, 95, 97;
first emigrants to, 97;
republican government established, 100;
first constitution abolishing slavery in Liberia, 103-105;
weaker tribes chief source of slavery, 109, 120;
early Christianity in, 111;
earliest commerce for slaves between America and, 115;
slaves from Angola, 134;
shipload of slaves from Sierra Leone sold at Hispaniola, 138;
number of Negroes stolen from annually, 237;
slaves from, sold at Barbadoes, 259;
cities of, described, 450;
number of slaves brought from, 463.
See Negroes.

African Company, their charter abolished, 41:
see Royal African Company.

Akwasi Osai, king of Ashantee, invades Dahomey, 35;
his defeat and death, 36.

Alexander, James, volunteers to prosecute the Negroes in New York,
151, 158, 166.

Alricks, Peter, resident of New York 1657, 250.

Amasis, king of Egypt, 457.

Amenophis, king of Egypt, 458.

America, introduction of Negro slaves, 116;
colonies declare independence, 412;
slavery in, 461;
slaves imported to British America, 463.

American Colonization Society locate a colony at Monrovia, 97.

American Revolution, service of Negroes in the army of the, 324, 334,
337, 342, 353, 362;
slavery during the, 402.

Ames, Edward B., remarks in favor of the government of Liberia, 99.

Angola, Africa, slaves imported from, 134.

Anne, queen of England, encourages the slave-trade, 140.

Anti-slavery societies, memorials to Congress, 437;
convention held at Philadelphia, 438.

Apoko, Osai, king of Ashantee, 36.

Appleton, Nathaniel, defends the doctrine of freedom for all, 204;
author of "Consideration on Slavery," 218.

Apries, king of Egypt, 456.

Argall, Samuel, engaged in the slave-trade, 116