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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... objects of his enquiry and obfervation in Africa were the character of the natives , and the evils they fuffer from the flave - trade , the produce of the country , and above all , how far it feemed capable of improvement and of ...
... objects of his enquiry and obfervation in Africa were the character of the natives , and the evils they fuffer from the flave - trade , the produce of the country , and above all , how far it feemed capable of improvement and of ...
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... object of their labours . Certain it is , that the fugar - cane grows fpontaneoufly in Africa ; but whe- ther it be a native of the West Indies , is a controverted point . Be this as it may , it was furely fomewhat prepofter- ous to ...
... object of their labours . Certain it is , that the fugar - cane grows fpontaneoufly in Africa ; but whe- ther it be a native of the West Indies , is a controverted point . Be this as it may , it was furely fomewhat prepofter- ous to ...
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... objects , and lends them a magnitude that does not belong to them ; and thus fafcinates and mif- leads men of warm imaginations , often to their injury , fometimes to their ruin . merchants 6. But the flave - trade , as carried on in ...
... objects , and lends them a magnitude that does not belong to them ; and thus fafcinates and mif- leads men of warm imaginations , often to their injury , fometimes to their ruin . merchants 6. But the flave - trade , as carried on in ...
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... object of the European traders in America ( as traders ) was not to civilize the natives ; but , like the white flave dealers in Africa , to turn their rude propenfities for European liquors , gunpowder and baubles , to their own ...
... object of the European traders in America ( as traders ) was not to civilize the natives ; but , like the white flave dealers in Africa , to turn their rude propenfities for European liquors , gunpowder and baubles , to their own ...
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Carl Bernhard Wadström. CHAP . the primary object of such establishments ; or even if culti- I. vation were to be carried on by human labour only , unas- fifted by the labour of cattle . But commerce and human labour are both very ...
Carl Bernhard Wadström. CHAP . the primary object of such establishments ; or even if culti- I. vation were to be carried on by human labour only , unas- fifted by the labour of cattle . But commerce and human labour are both very ...
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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