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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Page 12
... equal terms , without reforting to fimilar practices . As to the injustice , cruelty and rapine which , at the instigation of the whites , they prac- tice on one another , they are not more difgraceful than the well known trades of ...
... equal terms , without reforting to fimilar practices . As to the injustice , cruelty and rapine which , at the instigation of the whites , they prac- tice on one another , they are not more difgraceful than the well known trades of ...
Page 14
... equal any articles of the kind fabricated in Europe , and evince that , with proper encouragement , they would make excellent workmen . All men are idle till incited to induf- try , by their natural or artificial wants . Their foil ...
... equal any articles of the kind fabricated in Europe , and evince that , with proper encouragement , they would make excellent workmen . All men are idle till incited to induf- try , by their natural or artificial wants . Their foil ...
Page 26
... equal the dews which distil on most parts of the fertile shores of Africa . But the magnitude and number of the rivers , which rife and fall , in the wet and dry feafons , are evident proofs that that continent is abundantly watered ...
... equal the dews which distil on most parts of the fertile shores of Africa . But the magnitude and number of the rivers , which rife and fall , in the wet and dry feafons , are evident proofs that that continent is abundantly watered ...
Page 36
... equal to the East In- dia * . " It is worthy of remark that , cæteris paribus , the cot- ton of large islands is preferable to that of small islands , and that the cotton raised on continents is better than that produced on islands . 65 ...
... equal to the East In- dia * . " It is worthy of remark that , cæteris paribus , the cot- ton of large islands is preferable to that of small islands , and that the cotton raised on continents is better than that produced on islands . 65 ...
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... equal in all refpects to gum Ca- touch , or what is commonly known by the name of Indian rubber . 67. It would be tedious , as well as difficult , to enumerate Woods , & c . the African plants and woods proper for the purposes of ...
... equal in all refpects to gum Ca- touch , or what is commonly known by the name of Indian rubber . 67. It would be tedious , as well as difficult , to enumerate Woods , & c . the African plants and woods proper for the purposes of ...
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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