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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... persons well acquainted with Weft Indian affairs , that those plantations cannot , on the present system , be profitably extended . Objections a- gainft colo- nizing Africa anfwered . 7. Befides the foregoing obstructions to the ...
... persons well acquainted with Weft Indian affairs , that those plantations cannot , on the present system , be profitably extended . Objections a- gainft colo- nizing Africa anfwered . 7. Befides the foregoing obstructions to the ...
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... persons , the blacks cannot carry on this trade , on equal terms , without reforting to fimilar practices . As to the injustice , cruelty and rapine which , at the instigation of the whites , they prac- tice on one another , they are ...
... persons , the blacks cannot carry on this trade , on equal terms , without reforting to fimilar practices . As to the injustice , cruelty and rapine which , at the instigation of the whites , they prac- tice on one another , they are ...
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... persons and opinions I particularly refpect , having objected to the expense of the buildings here recommended , I might answer them with the old proverb- " Better pay the cook than the doctor . " But the answer which , I am fure , will ...
... persons and opinions I particularly refpect , having objected to the expense of the buildings here recommended , I might answer them with the old proverb- " Better pay the cook than the doctor . " But the answer which , I am fure , will ...
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... protected from the fcorching fun - beams , which , to fome people , prove a very serious inconvenience . I have , however , heard but of crown . few . CHA P. few persons being fun - struck in Africa MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH . 51.
... protected from the fcorching fun - beams , which , to fome people , prove a very serious inconvenience . I have , however , heard but of crown . few . CHA P. few persons being fun - struck in Africa MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH . 51.
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... persons being fun - struck in Africa , and these owed it to their own imprudence * . But I am informed this mif fortune , called by the French coup de foleil , is not uncom- mon in the Southern States of America . In the afternoon , I ...
... persons being fun - struck in Africa , and these owed it to their own imprudence * . But I am informed this mif fortune , called by the French coup de foleil , is not uncom- mon in the Southern States of America . In the afternoon , I ...
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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