| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 1913 pages) : portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Every year since 1848 the Liberian president has delivered a state of the nation speech to parliament, reflecting in detail the country's current political, social, economic and ethno-cultural situation. Liberia, the first and for over one hundred years, the only independent state in black Africa, was founded in 1847 by freed slaves with the assistance of the American Colonization Society looking to the political system of the USA as an example. The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia to the National Legislature 1848-2010 presents these documents, which are scattered in numerous American and African archives, for the first time in single publication. The 146 speeches are supplemented by biographies of the presidents and a scholarly introduction by the editor. This publication represents a first-class source on African history and politics of the last 160 years. |
| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; Brief Biographical Information on the Presidents of Liberia; Maps; Photographs; I. Joseph Jenkins Roberts (January 3, 1848 -- January 7, 1856); First Annual Message January 5, 1848; Second Annual Message December 14, 1849; Third Annual Message December 3, 1850; Fourth Annual Message December 3, 1851; Fifth Annual Message December 15, 1852 (Summary); Sixth Annual Message December 6, 1853; Seventh Annual Message December 20, 1854; Eighth Annual Message December 20, 1855; II. Stephen Allen Benson (January 7, 1856 -- January 4, 1864); First Annual Message December 3, 1856. |
|
Special Message April 6, 1857Third Annual Message December 9, 1858; Special Message January 6, 1859; Fourth Annual Message December 9, 1859; Fifth Annual Message December 3, 1860; Sixth Annual Message December 7, 1861; Seventh Annual Message December 5, 1862; Eighth Annual Message December 5, 1863; III. Daniel Bashiel Warner (January 4, 1864 -- January 6, 1868); First Annual Message December 6, 1864; Second Annual Message December 11, 1865; Third Annual Message December 6, 1866; Fourth Annual Message December 16, 1867; IV. James Spriggs Payne (January 6, 1868 -- January 3, 1870). |
|
First Annual Message December 10, 1868V. Edward James Roye (January 3, 1870 -- October 26, 1871); Annual Message December 8, 1870; VI. James Skivring Smith (November 4, 1871 -- January 1, 1872); Annual Message December 4, 1871; VII. Joseph Jenkins Roberts (January 1, 1872 -- January 3, 1876); First Annual Message December 9, 1872; Second Annual Message December 15, 1873; Third Annual Message December 10, 1874; Fourth Annual Message December 17, 1875; VIII. James Spriggs Payne (January 3, 1876 -- January 7, 1878); First Annual Message December 12, 1876; Second Annual Message December 17, 1877. |
|
IX. Anthony William Gardner (January 7, 1878 -- January 20, 1883)First Annual Message December 12, 1878; Second Annual Message December 10, 1879; Third Annual Message December 16, 1880; Fourth Annual Message December 10, 1881; Fifth Annual Message December 6, 1882; X. Alfred Francis Russell (January 20, 1883 -- January 7, 1884); Annual Message December 1883; XI. Hilary Richard Wright Johnson (January 7, 1884 -- January 4, 1892); First Annual Message December 4, 1884; Second Annual Message December 18, 1885; Third Annual Message December 14, 1886; Fourth Annual Message December 21, 1887. |
|
Fifth Annual Message December 11, 1888Sixth Annual Message December 30, 1889; Seventh Annual Message December 15, 1890; XII. Joseph James Cheeseman (January 4, 1892 -- November 12, 1896); First Annual Message December 8, 1892; Second Annual Message December 1893; XIII. William David Coleman (November 12, 1896 -- December 11, 1900); First Annual Message December 14, 1896; Second Annual Message 1897; Third Annual Message 1898; Fourth Annual Message December1899; Fifth Annual Message 1900; XIV. Garretson Wilmot Gibson (December 11, 1900 -- January 4, 1904); First Annual Message December 10, 1901. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Presidents -- Liberia -- Messages.
|
|
Presidents. |
|
Liberia. |
|
Speeches, addresses, etc., Liberian.
|
|
Speeches, addresses, etc., Liberian. |
|
Liberia -- Politics and government -- Sources.
|
|
Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Dunn, D. Elwood.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Annual messages of the presidents of Liberia 1848-2010. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011 (DLC) 2011009432 |
| ISBN |
9783598441691 (electronic book) |
|
359844169X (electronic book) |
|
3598226004 (cloth) |
|
9783598226007 (cloth) |
|
1283430800 |
|
9781283430807 |
|
9783598226007 (alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786613430809 |
|
