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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... negroes to the 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 ...
... negroes to the 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 ...
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... negroes , and though our party , including Dr. Sparrman , Captain Arrhenius , and my- felf , consisted but of five white men , was fo madly obsti- nate as to refuse his request . I fay madly , for in all the conjunctures of my life , I ...
... negroes , and though our party , including Dr. Sparrman , Captain Arrhenius , and my- felf , consisted but of five white men , was fo madly obsti- nate as to refuse his request . I fay madly , for in all the conjunctures of my life , I ...
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... negroes , when enlightened , even by an African education . His understanding having been more cultivated in his youth than that of the other black princes , he foon rendered himself entirely independent on the whites . He not only ...
... negroes , when enlightened , even by an African education . His understanding having been more cultivated in his youth than that of the other black princes , he foon rendered himself entirely independent on the whites . He not only ...
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... negroes that the Europeans , become just from found policy , and generous from a sense of their true interests , are at last difpofed to make some atonement for the irreparable mischiefs their perverted fyftem of com- merce has ...
... negroes that the Europeans , become just from found policy , and generous from a sense of their true interests , are at last difpofed to make some atonement for the irreparable mischiefs their perverted fyftem of com- merce has ...
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... negroes till and plant their grounds ; and , after the re- turn of dry weather , they gather in their crops ; occupations . which they feldom abandon , even though allured by the most advantageous commerce . rain .. 45. To give the ...
... negroes till and plant their grounds ; and , after the re- turn of dry weather , they gather in their crops ; occupations . which they feldom abandon , even though allured by the most advantageous commerce . rain .. 45. To give the ...
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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