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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... natural ftores , has often been grieved and aftonished that fuch a country should have been fo long overlooked by the induftrious nations in Europe . Of this and fome other cu- rious circumstances relative to Africa , he will endeavour ...
... natural ftores , has often been grieved and aftonished that fuch a country should have been fo long overlooked by the induftrious nations in Europe . Of this and fome other cu- rious circumstances relative to Africa , he will endeavour ...
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... natural inferiority in 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 ...
... natural inferiority in 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 ...
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... natural or artificial wants . Their foil easily supplies their natural ncceflities , and the whites have never II . tried to excite in them any innocent artificial tried 14 CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION.
... natural or artificial wants . Their foil easily supplies their natural ncceflities , and the whites have never II . tried to excite in them any innocent artificial tried 14 CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION.
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... natural way of im- proving the human intellect , is to afford it an ample field of action ; and the sure way to cramp and contract it , is to keep it inceffantly plodding in one dull purfuit . Certain it is , that though , on the whole ...
... natural way of im- proving the human intellect , is to afford it an ample field of action ; and the sure way to cramp and contract it , is to keep it inceffantly plodding in one dull purfuit . Certain it is , that though , on the whole ...
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... natural CHA P. order , to exile from their native soil , both men and plants ; the one to languifh as flaves , and the other as exotics ; the one to perish prematurely , and the other to fail every third or fourth year * ! ANIMALS . 60 ...
... natural CHA P. order , to exile from their native soil , both men and plants ; the one to languifh as flaves , and the other as exotics ; the one to perish prematurely , and the other to fail every third or fourth year * ! ANIMALS . 60 ...
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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