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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... should have been so long overlooked by the industrious nations in Europe . Of this and fome other cu- rious circumstances relative to Africa , he will endeavour , in the ensuing tract , to trace the causes . Here he will only afk , in ...
... should have been so long overlooked by the industrious nations in Europe . Of this and fome other cu- rious circumstances relative to Africa , he will endeavour , in the ensuing tract , to trace the causes . Here he will only afk , in ...
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... should yet have no navigation ; ftreams penetrating into the the very centre of the country , but of no benefit to it . In fhort , Africa , though a full quarter of the globe , ftored with an inexhauftible treafure , and capable , under ...
... should yet have no navigation ; ftreams penetrating into the the very centre of the country , but of no benefit to it . In fhort , Africa , though a full quarter of the globe , ftored with an inexhauftible treafure , and capable , under ...
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... should be way - laid and carried off . 18. In maternal , filial , and fraternal affection , I fcruple not to pronounce them fuperior to any Europeans I ever was among ; II . CHA P. among ; but , as they OF THE AFRICANS . 11.
... should be way - laid and carried off . 18. In maternal , filial , and fraternal affection , I fcruple not to pronounce them fuperior to any Europeans I ever was among ; II . CHA P. among ; but , as they OF THE AFRICANS . 11.
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... should be rent by acci- dent , or by the heat of the fun , the people of the nearest vil- lage draw it to the next , and thus fucceffively from village to village , till it reach the coast , where it is formed into a ca- * See the ...
... should be rent by acci- dent , or by the heat of the fun , the people of the nearest vil- lage draw it to the next , and thus fucceffively from village to village , till it reach the coast , where it is formed into a ca- * See the ...
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... should be placed in the shade , where there is a free current of air ; and the water fhould drop from the height of two or three feet into an unglazed earthen jar , not hard burnt , but fo porous as to allow the water to transude pret ...
... should be placed in the shade , where there is a free current of air ; and the water fhould drop from the height of two or three feet into an unglazed earthen jar , not hard burnt , but fo porous as to allow the water to transude pret ...
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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