The African Slave Trade: Part II. The RemedyJohn Murray, 1840 - 259 pages |
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... articles of finery and commerce which Europe alone can supply : and these he can ob- tain by the Slave Trade , and by the Slave Trade only , while he remains what he is . The pursuit of man , therefore , is to him not a matter of choice ...
... articles of finery and commerce which Europe alone can supply : and these he can ob- tain by the Slave Trade , and by the Slave Trade only , while he remains what he is . The pursuit of man , therefore , is to him not a matter of choice ...
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... articles of Europe . They will perceive , that their effective strength may be applied to other , and more lucrative purposes : and as their intellect advances , it is not too much to hope that their morals will improve , and that they ...
... articles of Europe . They will perceive , that their effective strength may be applied to other , and more lucrative purposes : and as their intellect advances , it is not too much to hope that their morals will improve , and that they ...
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... article of no great moment which enters Great Britain . The feathers received at Liverpool from Ireland reach an ... European articles of a vastly superior quality , and to a vastly superior amount ? If it be true that Africa would ...
... article of no great moment which enters Great Britain . The feathers received at Liverpool from Ireland reach an ... European articles of a vastly superior quality , and to a vastly superior amount ? If it be true that Africa would ...
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... article which demands the largest share of our attention , viz . cotton ; because it requires little capital , yields a steady return , is in vast demand in Europe , and grows naturally in the soil of Africa . As this last is a point of ...
... article which demands the largest share of our attention , viz . cotton ; because it requires little capital , yields a steady return , is in vast demand in Europe , and grows naturally in the soil of Africa . As this last is a point of ...
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... article : it is as near to us as North America ; nearer than the Brazils ; two - thirds nearer to us than India ... Europe to the same vast extent , for the manufactured goods which Europe produces . If it be true that inter- course with ...
... article : it is as near to us as North America ; nearer than the Brazils ; two - thirds nearer to us than India ... Europe to the same vast extent , for the manufactured goods which Europe produces . If it be true that inter- course with ...
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The Remedy; being a sequel to the African Slave Trade. With a map Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton Affichage du livre entier - 1840 |
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abolition abundance advantage afford agriculture Almamy already amongst Arabic Benin Bight Bight of Benin Bight of Biafra Britain British Bulama capable Cape Captain carried Central Africa Christianity civilisation civilization Clapperton climate colony considerable continent corn cotton cultivation desire effect established European European articles evil exported extent favour Fernando Fernando Po fertile Foulah Freetown Gambia give Gold Coast Government Governor grow immense important increased indigo industry inhabitants instruction intercourse interior king labour Laird land legitimate commerce liberated Africans Macarthy's Island Mandingo manufactures means ment merchants miles missionaries nations native chiefs nature navigable negroes neighbourhood Niger object obtained palm-oil persons population possession present produce profit quantity rich river says Senegal settlements Sherbro ships Sierra Leone Slave Trade slavery Society soil supply suppression Timbuctoo tion town traffic travellers treaties tree tribes Tschadda valuable vast vessels Western Africa whole wood
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Page 231 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 190 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it.
Page 221 - He did not see why true believers, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come...
Page 176 - If we listen to the voice of reason and duty, and pursue this night the line of conduct which they prescribe, some of us may live to see a reverse of that picture, from which we now turn our eyes with shame and regret.
Page 177 - We may behold the beams of science and philosophy breaking in upon their land,* which at some happy period in still later times may blaze with full lustre, and joining their influence to that of pure religion, may illuminate and invigorate the most distant extremities of that immense continent.
Page 158 - Whence but from Heaven could men, unskilled in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths? or how or why Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie? Unasked their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain and martyrdom their price.
Page 63 - ... M'Keal appears to be slightly delirious). We kept ascending the mountains to the south of Toniba till three o'clock, at which time, having gained the summit of the ridge which separates the Niger from the remote branches of the Senegal, I went on a little before ; and coming to the brow of the hill, I once more saw the Niger rolling its immense stream along the plain!
Page 82 - The colony has been grievously injured by the want of a systematic plan or rule for its government. Every governor has been left to follow his own plans, however crude and undigested, and no two succeeding governors have ever pursued the same course. This remark applies more particularly to the management of the liberated Africans.
Page 137 - ... and food, and a variety of other circumstances favourable to colonization and agriculture, and reflect, withal, on the means which presented themselves of a vast inland navigation, without lamenting that a country, so abundantly gifted and favoured by nature, should remain in its present savage and neglected state.
Page 245 - It is not to be doubted that this country has been invested with wealth and power, with arts and knowledge, with a sway of distant lands, and the mastery of the restless waters, for some great and important purpose in the government of the world.