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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... Slave - trade in a Voyage to the Coast of Guinea . " That trade was then under parliamentary investigation in Eng- land ; and the author was flattered that his little piece might contribute to it's abolition . At prefent the ...
... Slave - trade in a Voyage to the Coast of Guinea . " That trade was then under parliamentary investigation in Eng- land ; and the author was flattered that his little piece might contribute to it's abolition . At prefent the ...
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... Slave- the disadvantage of Africa . The coast of that continent , after having served as a clue to conduct navigators to the East Indies , was itself comparatively neglected ; not on ac- count of any natural inferiority in it's foil ...
... Slave- the disadvantage of Africa . The coast of that continent , after having served as a clue to conduct navigators to the East Indies , was itself comparatively neglected ; not on ac- count of any natural inferiority in it's foil ...
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... Slave - trade , that scourge of the human race , which has kept down a great part of the Africans in a state of anarchy and blood , and which , while it's nefarious exift- ence is tolerated , will prove the grand obftacle to their im ...
... Slave - trade , that scourge of the human race , which has kept down a great part of the Africans in a state of anarchy and blood , and which , while it's nefarious exift- ence is tolerated , will prove the grand obftacle to their im ...
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... slave - trade , the French governors at Goree fend yearly presents to the black kings , who return a gift of flaves . In 1787 , I attended an embaffy of this kind to the King of Barbefin at Joal , on the coast between Goree and Gambia ...
... slave - trade , the French governors at Goree fend yearly presents to the black kings , who return a gift of flaves . In 1787 , I attended an embaffy of this kind to the King of Barbefin at Joal , on the coast between Goree and Gambia ...
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... slavery , this action shocked the people fo much that a commotion enfued . The king having , by this time , come to his fenfes , and feeing the danger , entreated the pur- chafer to return the girl . The Frenchman , though fur- rounded ...
... slavery , this action shocked the people fo much that a commotion enfued . The king having , by this time , come to his fenfes , and feeing the danger , entreated the pur- chafer to return the girl . The Frenchman , though fur- rounded ...
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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