New Georgia
In the 1830s New Georgia consisted of separate communities of Congos and Igbos separated by a small rivulet, with a total of about 300 people. The "recaptured" Africans at New Georgia had inter-married between the groups and many of the men married women from local tribes. There was a schoolhouse for the children, and the town was described as being pleasing in appearance. Houses in New Georgia were surrounded by vegetable and fruit gardens and the town was surrounded by fields where maize, rice, cassava and vegetables were grown. New Georgia was an important supplier to the market in Monrovia. The men of the town also sawed lumber and made shingles. The people of New Georgia prospered, and were described as "decidedly the most contented and independent of any in the colony." New Georgia is listed as one of the settlements making up the Commonwealth of Liberia in the 1839 Constitution. In 1878 a traveler reported about 500 people living in New Georgia.