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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... it's abolition . At prefent the colonization of Africa fhares the attention of the friends of the fame cause . With renewed alacrity , therefore , he again fteps forward , agreeable to his promife in the above - mentioned tract , in ...
... it's abolition . At prefent the colonization of Africa fhares the attention of the friends of the fame cause . With renewed alacrity , therefore , he again fteps forward , agreeable to his promife in the above - mentioned tract , in ...
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... it's foil , climate , or pro- ductions ; but because the Africans , not having advanced fo far in the arts as the East Indians , nor having then discover- ed fuch quantities of the precious metals as the Americans , could not ...
... it's foil , climate , or pro- ductions ; but because the Africans , not having advanced fo far in the arts as the East Indians , nor having then discover- ed fuch quantities of the precious metals as the Americans , could not ...
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... it's nefarious exift- ence is tolerated , will prove the grand obftacle to their im- provement and civilization . Early in the fixteenth century , this traffic had affumed an appearance of fyftem ; for we find that , in 1517 , the ...
... it's nefarious exift- ence is tolerated , will prove the grand obftacle to their im- provement and civilization . Early in the fixteenth century , this traffic had affumed an appearance of fyftem ; for we find that , in 1517 , the ...
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... it's disadvantage ; for mankind generally fet the greatest value on things diftant and difficult to be obtained . Dif- tance , like a fog , confuses objects , and lends them a magnitude that does not belong to them ; and thus fascinates ...
... it's disadvantage ; for mankind generally fet the greatest value on things diftant and difficult to be obtained . Dif- tance , like a fog , confuses objects , and lends them a magnitude that does not belong to them ; and thus fascinates ...
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... it's full effect . For was not fatisfaction to offended honour ; that is , was not a certain mode of revenge a diftinguishing part of the system of chivalry ? And do not our modern duelists , the polite fucceffors of the ancient knights ...
... it's full effect . For was not fatisfaction to offended honour ; that is , was not a certain mode of revenge a diftinguishing part of the system of chivalry ? And do not our modern duelists , the polite fucceffors of the ancient knights ...
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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