The African Slave Trade, and Its RemedyJ. Murray, 1840 - 495 pages |
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... land of their fathers , carrying Divine truth and all its concomitant blessings into the heart of Africa . One noble ... land's naval triumphs will shrink into a more and more narrow space in the records of our race . This moral ...
... land of their fathers , carrying Divine truth and all its concomitant blessings into the heart of Africa . One noble ... land's naval triumphs will shrink into a more and more narrow space in the records of our race . This moral ...
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... land their negroes on the coast , aud return direct to Africa , and all who do so , escape notice , and are not included in the account . If these 1300 are added to the returns for the first six months in the year 1837 , the ...
... land their negroes on the coast , aud return direct to Africa , and all who do so , escape notice , and are not included in the account . If these 1300 are added to the returns for the first six months in the year 1837 , the ...
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... land . ed , at the very least , 15,000 negroes . ' † But in an official letter , dated 28th May , 1836 , there is the following remarkable passage : - " I wish I could add , that this list contains even one - fourth of the. * Class B ...
... land . ed , at the very least , 15,000 negroes . ' † But in an official letter , dated 28th May , 1836 , there is the following remarkable passage : - " I wish I could add , that this list contains even one - fourth of the. * Class B ...
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... land - route through Fezzan and Bornou , in 1823 , and the narrative of their journey furnishes many melancholy proofs of the miseries to which Africa is exposed through the demands for the Slave Trade . Major Denham says : “ On ...
... land - route through Fezzan and Bornou , in 1823 , and the narrative of their journey furnishes many melancholy proofs of the miseries to which Africa is exposed through the demands for the Slave Trade . Major Denham says : “ On ...
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... land ) , who , hearing that she , her daughter , and daughter's children , had been taken in the war , had been a considerable way up the river to inquire after them , but heard nothing of them , and had consequently returned . I of ...
... land ) , who , hearing that she , her daughter , and daughter's children , had been taken in the war , had been a considerable way up the river to inquire after them , but heard nothing of them , and had consequently returned . I of ...
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agriculture amongst amount annually appears arrived Ashantee Benin Bights of Benin Brazil Britain British brought Bulama Cape Coast Cape Coast Castle Captain captured cargo carried chiefs Christian civilization Class coast of Africa colony considerable Coomassie cotton crew Cuba cultivation deck Denham effect embarked established European evil exported Fernando Fernando Po fertile Foulah Freetown Gambia give Gold Coast Government Governor Havana horrors human important industry informed inhabitants interior island king labor Laird land legitimate commerce letter liberated Africans manufactures means ment merchants middle passage miles misery missionaries mortality nations natives negroes Niger number of slaves object obtained overboard persons population port Portuguese present produce quantity Report river says schooner Senegal settlements Sherbro ship Sierra Leone Slave Trade slaves on board soil Spanish sufferings suppression taken tion tons town traffic travelers treaty tribes vessel victims visited voyage whole wretched
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Page 401 - For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Page 416 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it.
Page 454 - 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 445 - 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 183 - ... such negro or mulatto on board any such ship or vessel, with intent as aforesaid, such citizen or person shall be adjudged a pirate, and on conviction thereof before the circuit court of the United States for the district wherein he may be brought or found shall suffer death.
Page 470 - For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast ; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction : for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
Page 403 - 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. We may live to behold the natives of Africa, engaged in the calm occupations of industry, in the pursuits of a just and legitimate commerce. 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...
Page 470 - For the seed shall be prosperous ; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew ; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Page x - Then may we hope that even Africa, though last of all the quarters of the globe, shall enjoy at length in the evening of her days those blessings which have descended so plentifully upon us in a much earlier period of the world.
Page 387 - 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.