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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... civilized fociety , was defirous of contemplating human nature in simpler states ; and , from what he had heard and read , he concluded , that Africa presented the most ample field for such observations . Ac- cordingly , in the year ...
... civilized fociety , was defirous of contemplating human nature in simpler states ; and , from what he had heard and read , he concluded , that Africa presented the most ample field for such observations . Ac- cordingly , in the year ...
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... civilized nations , they left them to push their trade with the uncivilized in any direction , and by any means , their own blind avarice fuggested . Hence followed " deeds unjust - even to the full fwing of their luft . " In the ...
... civilized nations , they left them to push their trade with the uncivilized in any direction , and by any means , their own blind avarice fuggested . Hence followed " deeds unjust - even to the full fwing of their luft . " In the ...
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... civilized . Civilized na- tions govern- uncivilized by paffions . 15. This obfervation may be applied very appofitely to the Africans . Their understandings have not been nearly so much cultivated as thofe of the Europeans ; but their ...
... civilized . Civilized na- tions govern- uncivilized by paffions . 15. This obfervation may be applied very appofitely to the Africans . Their understandings have not been nearly so much cultivated as thofe of the Europeans ; but their ...
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... several European countries , and even protected , or connived at , by their governments . At the worst , these practices are not fo difgrace- 11 . disgraceful to uncivilized men as to their civilized 12 CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION.
... several European countries , and even protected , or connived at , by their governments . At the worst , these practices are not fo difgrace- 11 . disgraceful to uncivilized men as to their civilized 12 CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION.
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... civilized , Europe- CHA P. an inftigators . Menzel gives a horrid detail of the opera- tions of the Zeelverkoopers , ( foul - mongers ) of Holland , whose infamous trade it is to trepan men for their East In- dian settlements . By fuch ...
... civilized , Europe- CHA P. an inftigators . Menzel gives a horrid detail of the opera- tions of the Zeelverkoopers , ( foul - mongers ) of Holland , whose infamous trade it is to trepan men for their East In- dian settlements . By fuch ...
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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