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, Page 2 |
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... appears , that he XI . conceived this noble defign , in Africa itself , where he re- INTRODUC- fided four years . In 1785 , he published his " Plan of a fet- tlement , to be made near Sierra Leona , & c . intended more particularly for ...
... appears , that he XI . conceived this noble defign , in Africa itself , where he re- INTRODUC- fided four years . In 1785 , he published his " Plan of a fet- tlement , to be made near Sierra Leona , & c . intended more particularly for ...
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... appears to have most zealously co - operated with them , as well as with Mr. Sharp , and to have laboured to derive from their benevolence , fupport to his grand design of civilizing Africa ‡ . * Mr. Heathcote , a gentleman who was well ...
... appears to have most zealously co - operated with them , as well as with Mr. Sharp , and to have laboured to derive from their benevolence , fupport to his grand design of civilizing Africa ‡ . * Mr. Heathcote , a gentleman who was well ...
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... appears to have been the fuggeftion of Dr. S. The memory of the chairman of that Committee will long be re- vered ; and fome of the other members ( for I have not the honour of knowing them all ) have fince invariably acted the part of ...
... appears to have been the fuggeftion of Dr. S. The memory of the chairman of that Committee will long be re- vered ; and fome of the other members ( for I have not the honour of knowing them all ) have fince invariably acted the part of ...
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... appears to be incon- fiderable , and is chiefly on the river fide , where are several towns of scarcely more than fifty houses each . A chief , who is a principal flave - trader , generally prefides in every town , fubordinate to King ...
... appears to be incon- fiderable , and is chiefly on the river fide , where are several towns of scarcely more than fifty houses each . A chief , who is a principal flave - trader , generally prefides in every town , fubordinate to King ...
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... appear extremely defirous of all European improvements . One of the chiefs sent his Nativesdefir- fon to Bifagos , 300 miles off , to learn to read and write : ous of im- for there is no schooling nearer than the Portuguese settle ...
... appear extremely defirous of all European improvements . One of the chiefs sent his Nativesdefir- fon to Bifagos , 300 miles off , to learn to read and write : ous of im- for there is no schooling nearer than the Portuguese settle ...
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Affociation Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer APPENDIX Beaver beſt Britiſh Capt cauſe chief coaft coaſt coloniſts colony Company's confequently confiderable cultivation defire Directors Ditto England Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhment European expenſe faid fame feem fent fervants fervice fettlers feveral fhall fhips fhore fimilar fince firft firſt fituation flave-trade flaves fome foon Foulahs Freetown French fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fugar fupport governor Granville Sharp grumettas himſelf houſe increaſe Indies induſtry intereſts iſland John juſt King labour land laſt leaſt lefs Leona and Bulama Leona Company meaſure Mifs moft moſt mulatto muſt myſelf natives neceffary negroes obferved paffage perfons preſent propoſed provifions purchaſe purpoſe raiſed reaſon reſpecting river ſaid ſay Scotians ſeems Senegal ſeveral ſhall ſhip ſhould Sierra Leona ſmall ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town trade Truſtees uſed veffel Weft whofe whoſe wiſh