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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... reason to repent of their liberality . For a very extraordinary proposal , for civilizing Africa , fee in the Appendix , Notes , & c . refpecting S. Leona and Bulama , NOTE A. * Blackstone's Comm . If it be asked why slavery is endured ...
... reason to repent of their liberality . For a very extraordinary proposal , for civilizing Africa , fee in the Appendix , Notes , & c . refpecting S. Leona and Bulama , NOTE A. * Blackstone's Comm . If it be asked why slavery is endured ...
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... reason must tell , that the most igno- rant people in the world would be glad to fee their coun try made good , if they had idea how it might be done . And again I must let you know , that if there were no other reason for my wifhing ...
... reason must tell , that the most igno- rant people in the world would be glad to fee their coun try made good , if they had idea how it might be done . And again I must let you know , that if there were no other reason for my wifhing ...
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... reason and past experience show , that a fee- ble attempt to fet up a colony , or a new trade , at such a place as Sierra Leona , is not fo likely to profper , as one on a larger scale , carrying out a ftrong body of people , and ...
... reason and past experience show , that a fee- ble attempt to fet up a colony , or a new trade , at such a place as Sierra Leona , is not fo likely to profper , as one on a larger scale , carrying out a ftrong body of people , and ...
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... reasons , and some of them have been before touched on ; but it may not be amiss to intimate , that the approaching large and sudden population of the colony , by the Nova Scotia blacks , how- ever ultimately advantageous , muft greatly ...
... reasons , and some of them have been before touched on ; but it may not be amiss to intimate , that the approaching large and sudden population of the colony , by the Nova Scotia blacks , how- ever ultimately advantageous , muft greatly ...
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... reason to think , were not tho- roughly approved by many of them ; and the petition had never been shown to the governor and council . They complained chiefly of the high price of the Company's goods ; the low wages for labour ; the ...
... reason to think , were not tho- roughly approved by many of them ; and the petition had never been shown to the governor and council . They complained chiefly of the high price of the Company's goods ; the low wages for labour ; the ...
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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