An Essay On Colonization, Particularly Applied To The Western Coast Of Africa, With Some Free Thoughts On Cultivation And Commerce: Also Brief Descriptions Of The Colonies Already Formed, Or Attempted, In Africa, Including Those Of Sierra Leona And Bulama : In Two Parts, Volume 1Selbstverl., 1794 - 196 pages |
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... shall give one example , of which I have been a spectator . The trees on the coast I vi- fited , being generally bent in their growth by the fea - breeze , and wanting folidity , are unfit for canoes . A tree of the proper dimenfions is ...
... shall give one example , of which I have been a spectator . The trees on the coast I vi- fited , being generally bent in their growth by the fea - breeze , and wanting folidity , are unfit for canoes . A tree of the proper dimenfions is ...
Page 58
... shall the Europeans re- ceive , except through our hands . - The British , with more good sense , but perhaps not with less selfishness , resolved to form colonies in North America , to ferve as consumers of their manufactures , and ...
... shall the Europeans re- ceive , except through our hands . - The British , with more good sense , but perhaps not with less selfishness , resolved to form colonies in North America , to ferve as consumers of their manufactures , and ...
Page 74
... Shall we tempt them with al- luring promises of riches and fplendour ? No : men whose imaginations love to riot in fuch dreams would be a curse to an infant colony : but , to perfons of the proper descrip- tion , we need only make an ...
... Shall we tempt them with al- luring promises of riches and fplendour ? No : men whose imaginations love to riot in fuch dreams would be a curse to an infant colony : but , to perfons of the proper descrip- tion , we need only make an ...
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... shall only endeavour to point out the neceffity of introduc- the plough * See Dr. Primatt's Effay on the Duty of Mercy and the Sin of Cruelty to Brute Animals - alfo the Adventurer , No. 37 . + Milton . recommend- ed . VII . CHAP . ing ...
... shall only endeavour to point out the neceffity of introduc- the plough * See Dr. Primatt's Effay on the Duty of Mercy and the Sin of Cruelty to Brute Animals - alfo the Adventurer , No. 37 . + Milton . recommend- ed . VII . CHAP . ing ...
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... shall rejoice , if these queries give rise to a train of close thinking , in any one of those intelligent and candid minds , for whose confideration alone , ( I repeat it ) they , as well as the corresponding part of this chapter , are ...
... shall rejoice , if these queries give rise to a train of close thinking , in any one of those intelligent and candid minds , for whose confideration alone , ( I repeat it ) they , as well as the corresponding part of this chapter , are ...
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Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo Angola anſwer beſt Britiſh Bulama buſineſs CANARIES Cape Verd cauſes CHAP chiefs civilized climate coaft coaſt coloniſts colonization of Africa colony commerce commodities confiderable cotton Count cultivation diſeaſes Dutch Eaft Eaſt Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhment Europe European expenſe faid fame fays feems fent fettlement fettlers fhall fhips filk fimilar firſt fituation flave-trade flaves focial fociety foil fome foon France French fuch fufficient fugar fupply fupport furniſh governor himſelf houſes increaſed induſtry inhabitants intereſt iſlands itſelf Jamaica juſt labour land laſt leaſt MADAGAS Madagaſcar Madeira moſt muſt nations natives neceffary neceſſary negroes obſerved perfons plough Portugal Portugueſe preſent preſerve Privy Council's produce purpoſe raiſe reaſon reſpect ſay ſeems ſeen Senegal ſent ſeveral ſhall ſhips ſhort ſhould ſmall Sofala ſome ſpirit ſtate ſubject ſuch ſyſtem Tenerife themſelves theſe theſe iſlands thofe thoſe tion trade uſe Weft Weſt Indian Weſt Indies whoſe