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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... islands of America . In 1497 , Vasquez de Gama pursued and accomplished the same ob- ject , by doubling the Cape of Good Hope . trade . 4. Both thefe events appear to have operated greatly to The Slave- the disadvantage of Africa . The ...
... islands of America . In 1497 , Vasquez de Gama pursued and accomplished the same ob- ject , by doubling the Cape of Good Hope . trade . 4. Both thefe events appear to have operated greatly to The Slave- the disadvantage of Africa . The ...
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... islands of Hifpaniola , Cuba , Jamaica and Porto Rico . It has fince been cherished with as much care , as if the very existence of legitimate commerce depended on it , and as if , in principle and practice , it perfectly ac- corded ...
... islands of Hifpaniola , Cuba , Jamaica and Porto Rico . It has fince been cherished with as much care , as if the very existence of legitimate commerce depended on it , and as if , in principle and practice , it perfectly ac- corded ...
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... islands are performed , on an average , in about thirty days ; to the moft diftant , in about fix weeks --- A voy- age to Sierra Leona occupies about twenty days ; but Mr. Falconbridge once arriv- ed there from England in feventeen days ...
... islands are performed , on an average , in about thirty days ; to the moft diftant , in about fix weeks --- A voy- age to Sierra Leona occupies about twenty days ; but Mr. Falconbridge once arriv- ed there from England in feventeen days ...
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... islands is quite inadequate to the de- mand of the British manufacturers , fo the confumption of fugar being rapidly increasing , in Europe and America , and capable of indefinite extenfion , the time may not be very diftant when all ...
... islands is quite inadequate to the de- mand of the British manufacturers , fo the confumption of fugar being rapidly increasing , in Europe and America , and capable of indefinite extenfion , the time may not be very diftant when all ...
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... island of Bulama , of both which some ac- count will be given in the following pages . 1 CHA P. IV . CLIMATE , SOIL , AND WATER . 42 . ΤΗ CLIMATE . HE climate of Africa , like that of other countries , varies with the nature of the foil ...
... island of Bulama , of both which some ac- count will be given in the following pages . 1 CHA P. IV . CLIMATE , SOIL , AND WATER . 42 . ΤΗ CLIMATE . HE climate of Africa , like that of other countries , varies with the nature of the foil ...
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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