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 Leone and Bulama |
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... several well meaning people have stated some ob- jections which ought to be answered . - First , " They fear that the colonization of Africa would introduce , among the fimple and innocent natives of that continent , the corrupted ...
... several well meaning people have stated some ob- jections which ought to be answered . - First , " They fear that the colonization of Africa would introduce , among the fimple and innocent natives of that continent , the corrupted ...
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... several other striking inftances of the same kind . 59. Little as Africa is yet known , I can , from my own knowledge , affert several articles to be indigenous in that continent , which have hitherto been brought to our mar- kets from ...
... several other striking inftances of the same kind . 59. Little as Africa is yet known , I can , from my own knowledge , affert several articles to be indigenous in that continent , which have hitherto been brought to our mar- kets from ...
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... Several fpecies of cotton are also the spontaneous pro- duce of this excellent foil . One of them is naturally of a nan- * See Dr. Smeathman's Letters to Mr. Knowles , in the Appendix , also the evi- dence of Captain Hall , in Minutes ...
... Several fpecies of cotton are also the spontaneous pro- duce of this excellent foil . One of them is naturally of a nan- * See Dr. Smeathman's Letters to Mr. Knowles , in the Appendix , also the evi- dence of Captain Hall , in Minutes ...
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... several chymifts throughout Europe ; but most of them were of opinion , that it had undergone the * During my ftay at Goree , I often converfed with a negro captive , called Tumanififi , who came from Fouta Jallo ( as he pronounced it ) ...
... several chymifts throughout Europe ; but most of them were of opinion , that it had undergone the * During my ftay at Goree , I often converfed with a negro captive , called Tumanififi , who came from Fouta Jallo ( as he pronounced it ) ...
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... several respectable officers at Goree . Men and larly affected by being 72. HA CHA P. VI . THE MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH . AVING given fome account of the climate , soil , and produce of the part of the coast laid down in the map , it ...
... several respectable officers at Goree . Men and larly affected by being 72. HA CHA P. VI . THE MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH . AVING given fome account of the climate , soil , and produce of the part of the coast laid down in the map , it ...
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Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer APPENDIX Beaver beſt Britiſh buſineſs cauſe CHAP chief civilization climate coaft coaſt coloniſts colony commerce Company's confequence confiderable cultivation defire Directors Ditto Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhment European expenſe faid fame feems fent fervants fervice fettlers feveral fhall fhips fhore fimilar fince firſt fituation flave-trade flaves fome foon Foulahs Freetown French fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fugar fupply fupport governor Granville Sharp grumettas himſelf houſes increaſe Indies induſtry intereft iſland Jamaica John juſt King labour land laſt leaſt lefs Leona and Bulama Leona Company leſs meaſure Mifs moft moſt mulatto muſt natives neceffary negroes obferved perfons Portugueſe preſent propoſed provifions purchaſe purpoſe raiſed reaſon reſpecting river ſaid ſay Scotians ſee ſeems Senegal ſeveral ſhall ſhip ſhould Sierra Leona ſmall ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion trade uſed veffels Weft Weſt whoſe