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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... sugar - cane grows fpontaneously in Africa ; but whe- ther it be a native of the West Indies , is a controverted point . Be this as it may , it was furely fomewhat preposter- ous to drag the Africans to the West Indies , there to drudge ...
... sugar - cane grows fpontaneously in Africa ; but whe- ther it be a native of the West Indies , is a controverted point . Be this as it may , it was furely fomewhat preposter- ous to drag the Africans to the West Indies , there to drudge ...
Page 83
... sugar eftate , approves of their mode of tillage by the plough ; though he difapproves of their me- thod of manufacturing the fugart . But , near Batavia , the culture of the cane , with the plough , held by free people , and the ...
... sugar eftate , approves of their mode of tillage by the plough ; though he difapproves of their me- thod of manufacturing the fugart . But , near Batavia , the culture of the cane , with the plough , held by free people , and the ...
Page 139
... sugar colonies with great numbers of cattle , affes and mules ( See § 60 ) and that , at Santiago , the inhabitants manufacture cloths of cotton and of filk . They are very beautiful arti- cles , and are commonly called in England ...
... sugar colonies with great numbers of cattle , affes and mules ( See § 60 ) and that , at Santiago , the inhabitants manufacture cloths of cotton and of filk . They are very beautiful arti- cles , and are commonly called in England ...
Page 141
... Sugar - mills . mills , worked by oxen ; but only two of them are reckoned good . They make very strong spirits there ; but , from a defect of industry and ingenuity , and doubtless of encour- agement and capital , neither their sugar ...
... Sugar - mills . mills , worked by oxen ; but only two of them are reckoned good . They make very strong spirits there ; but , from a defect of industry and ingenuity , and doubtless of encour- agement and capital , neither their sugar ...
Page 142
... sugar and ginger * . Of * I do not know that the products of any one of the countries , which I have found it neceffary to sketch , have ever been explored and diftinctly enumerated . That they have not , would appear from the new ...
... sugar and ginger * . Of * I do not know that the products of any one of the countries , which I have found it neceffary to sketch , have ever been explored and diftinctly enumerated . That they have not , would appear from the new ...
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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