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 14
... gold , fillagree work , leather , cotton , matting and bafket - work , fome of which equal any articles of the kind fabricated in Europe , and evince that , with proper encouragement , they would make excellent workmen . All men are ...
... gold , fillagree work , leather , cotton , matting and bafket - work , fome of which equal any articles of the kind fabricated in Europe , and evince that , with proper encouragement , they would make excellent workmen . All men are ...
Page 31
... gold , bees wax and ivory in confi- derable quantities , a great variety of valuable and beautiful woods , for the use of the dyers and cabinet - makers ; and of late , fome palm - oil for the purposes of the sheep - farmers nd wool ...
... gold , bees wax and ivory in confi- derable quantities , a great variety of valuable and beautiful woods , for the use of the dyers and cabinet - makers ; and of late , fome palm - oil for the purposes of the sheep - farmers nd wool ...
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... Gold . confiderable quantities of gold are found near the surface , and in the channels of torrents , in the inland parts ; al- though the negroes cannot be faid to be skilful in collecting it . About the year 1728 , the gold brought ...
... Gold . confiderable quantities of gold are found near the surface , and in the channels of torrents , in the inland parts ; al- though the negroes cannot be faid to be skilful in collecting it . About the year 1728 , the gold brought ...
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... gold whereof they were made , being brought from that part of Africa 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 ...
... gold whereof they were made , being brought from that part of Africa 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 ...
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... gold , and they cy gained pride ; but they loft their home - confumers by ex- ceffive emigrations ; and their remaining people loft their industry , and their enterprizing spirit , which before had made them so respectable in Europe ...
... gold , and they cy gained pride ; but they loft their home - confumers by ex- ceffive emigrations ; and their remaining people loft their industry , and their enterprizing spirit , which before had made them so respectable in Europe ...
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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