Excerpt from Maryland Colonization Journal, Vol. 4: February, 1849 On Wednesday last, we mentioned the circumstances of the colony of Liberia having just been recognised as an independent republic by Great Britain and France, and ofa treaty Of trade and-commerce having upon our part been concluded with that State. 'so little, however, is known of its situation, prospects, and resources, that it will be desirable to furnish some general information on these points. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.