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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... called their paffions - or at least that , upon the whole , rea- fon influences mankind in proportion as they are civilized . Civilized na- tions govern- uncivilized by paffions . 15. This obfervation may be applied very appofitely to ...
... called their paffions - or at least that , upon the whole , rea- fon influences mankind in proportion as they are civilized . Civilized na- tions govern- uncivilized by paffions . 15. This obfervation may be applied very appofitely to ...
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... called revenge ; but for CHA P. which fober people cannot find a better name ? Revenge causes wars in Africa : and are there no symptoms of its producing wars in Europe ? But African wars are never protracted , with cold - blooded ...
... called revenge ; but for CHA P. which fober people cannot find a better name ? Revenge causes wars in Africa : and are there no symptoms of its producing wars in Europe ? But African wars are never protracted , with cold - blooded ...
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... called wood - veffels , might be supposed to deal only in produce . But this has by no means been the cafe . Befides their frequenting those parts of the coaft , where the flave - trade is brifkest , most of their commanders traffic in ...
... called wood - veffels , might be supposed to deal only in produce . But this has by no means been the cafe . Befides their frequenting those parts of the coaft , where the flave - trade is brifkest , most of their commanders traffic in ...
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... called filk - grafs , the fibrous part of which may be applied to all , or almost all , the purposes of hemp and flax . Of the fibres of filk grafs , or thofe of the cabbage tree leaf , or both , even lace has been made in Barbadoes . G ...
... called filk - grafs , the fibrous part of which may be applied to all , or almost all , the purposes of hemp and flax . Of the fibres of filk grafs , or thofe of the cabbage tree leaf , or both , even lace has been made in Barbadoes . G ...
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... called Guinea , which the elephant on them likewise denotes * . " " From 120,000 to 150,000 ounces of gold were formerly imported from the gold coal of Afri- ca annually ; and in one year 400,000 guineas were coined from what was ...
... called Guinea , which the elephant on them likewise denotes * . " " From 120,000 to 150,000 ounces of gold were formerly imported from the gold coal of Afri- ca annually ; and in one year 400,000 guineas were coined from what was ...
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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