. Boone County Recorder . ion of the diffi-culty. The first shipload of colonistsconsisted of 400 negroes and stztywhites, the latter principally womenof bad character. Although land for theoolony had been purchased from thenative king, the Africans were notfriendly, and a hostile attack, togetherwith the shiftlessness of the colonists,almost brought the venture to 1791 the survivors were removed toa new settlement, and In 1793 the pop-ulation of the colony was increased bythe introduction of 1,200 negroes fromNova Scotia and the Bahamas. In1794 the settlement was again trans-ferred to
. Boone County Recorder . ion of the diffi-culty. The first shipload of colonistsconsisted of 400 negroes and stztywhites, the latter principally womenof bad character. Although land for theoolony had been purchased from thenative king, the Africans were notfriendly, and a hostile attack, togetherwith the shiftlessness of the colonists,almost brought the venture to 1791 the survivors were removed toa new settlement, and In 1793 the pop-ulation of the colony was increased bythe introduction of 1,200 negroes fromNova Scotia and the Bahamas. In1794 the settlement was again trans-ferred to Freetown, now the capital ofthe colony and the greatest seaporton the west coast of Africa. In theearly days the government of the Idleblacks was no sinecure, and Sydney ^...Mh remarked, not without truth,that Sierra Leone always had twogovernors—one just arriving and theother just leaving. The soil of SierraLeone is exceedingly fertile, but fewwhite men are able to live there. T. W. SPINKS COMPANT Wholesale and Retail. Gravel, Brick, Cement, Lime,Hair, Laths, Sewer Pipe, etc. Plaster, Bell andConsolidated 491 Erlanger, Ky. Side Elevation.
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