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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... observed various modes of civilized fociety , was defirous of contemplating human nature in simpler states ; and , from what he had heard and read , he concluded , that Africa presented the most ample field for such observations . Ac ...
... observed various modes of civilized fociety , was defirous of contemplating human nature in simpler states ; and , from what he had heard and read , he concluded , that Africa presented the most ample field for such observations . Ac ...
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... observe that " Africa , a country much more acceffible to European com- merce than either Afia or America , and , " which has near 10,000 miles of fea - coaft , and noble , large , deep rivers , fhould yet have no navigation ; ftreams ...
... observe that " Africa , a country much more acceffible to European com- merce than either Afia or America , and , " which has near 10,000 miles of fea - coaft , and noble , large , deep rivers , fhould yet have no navigation ; ftreams ...
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... observe , that their importance , nay , according to the planters themselves , their very existence , depends on Africa . That continent fupplies them with flaves , whom they call by the foft name of " Negro la- bourers , " and who ...
... observe , that their importance , nay , according to the planters themselves , their very existence , depends on Africa . That continent fupplies them with flaves , whom they call by the foft name of " Negro la- bourers , " and who ...
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... observe , that , difregarding vulgar prejudices , they faw no cause of alarm from fuch establishments . They probably confidered , that self - interest is always , in the end , best promoted by liberality ; and that as all the cotton ...
... observe , that , difregarding vulgar prejudices , they faw no cause of alarm from fuch establishments . They probably confidered , that self - interest is always , in the end , best promoted by liberality ; and that as all the cotton ...
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... observe , what will scarcely be denied , that the object of the European traders in America ( as traders ) was not to civilize the natives ; but , like the white flave dealers in Africa , to turn their rude propensities for European ...
... observe , what will scarcely be denied , that the object of the European traders in America ( as traders ) was not to civilize the natives ; but , like the white flave dealers in Africa , to turn their rude propensities for European ...
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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