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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... whose characters they are fatisfied , arises to a degree of par- tiality which , all things considered , is perfectly surprising . Perfons of this description may , and often do , reside among them in perfect fecurity , receiving the ...
... whose characters they are fatisfied , arises to a degree of par- tiality which , all things considered , is perfectly surprising . Perfons of this description may , and often do , reside among them in perfect fecurity , receiving the ...
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... whose infamous trade it is to trepan men for their East In- dian settlements . By fuch means , the author affirms , that the population of the peftiferous city of Batavia is kept from total exftinction * . the conduct of an African ...
... whose infamous trade it is to trepan men for their East In- dian settlements . By fuch means , the author affirms , that the population of the peftiferous city of Batavia is kept from total exftinction * . the conduct of an African ...
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... whose indus- try , having fecured them from want , affords them leisure for thought , will not be long without a defire for moral and intellectual improvement : or , at least , many individuals will feel , and haften to gratify , this ...
... whose indus- try , having fecured them from want , affords them leisure for thought , will not be long without a defire for moral and intellectual improvement : or , at least , many individuals will feel , and haften to gratify , this ...
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... whose name I do not now think myself at liberty to mention , told me that he had feen the coffee plant on the coaft of Guinea , which had been brought from the inland country by the negroes . - Concerning the propriety of cultivating ...
... whose name I do not now think myself at liberty to mention , told me that he had feen the coffee plant on the coaft of Guinea , which had been brought from the inland country by the negroes . - Concerning the propriety of cultivating ...
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... whose 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 ...
... whose 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 ...
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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