The African Slave Trade, and Its RemedyJ. Murray, 1840 - 495 pages |
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... Soil - Fertility -Timber - Dye - woods - Gums - Nuts - Palm Oil Roots - Fruits - Grain - Drugs - Miscellaneous Pro- ducts - Various Testimonies - Hemp - Coffee - Sugar -Cotton - Cultivation of Cotton - Factories - Agri- culture ...
... Soil - Fertility -Timber - Dye - woods - Gums - Nuts - Palm Oil Roots - Fruits - Grain - Drugs - Miscellaneous Pro- ducts - Various Testimonies - Hemp - Coffee - Sugar -Cotton - Cultivation of Cotton - Factories - Agri- culture ...
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... soil , and the barter of its pro- ductions , would yield an abundant harvest , and a copious supply of those articles which Africa requires . 3. That it is practicable to convince the African , experi- mentally , of the truth of these ...
... soil , and the barter of its pro- ductions , would yield an abundant harvest , and a copious supply of those articles which Africa requires . 3. That it is practicable to convince the African , experi- mentally , of the truth of these ...
Page x
... soil is superior in value to man as an article of merchandise may induce the continuance , if not the increase , of that internal slavery which now exists in Africa . I hope that we shall never be so deluded as to give the slight- est ...
... soil is superior in value to man as an article of merchandise may induce the continuance , if not the increase , of that internal slavery which now exists in Africa . I hope that we shall never be so deluded as to give the slight- est ...
Page 88
... soil , covered with long dried reeds , and thorny underwood , may be more easily conceived than described . " In the course of his journey Major Gray fell in with another detachment of slaves , and he says , " The women and children ...
... soil , covered with long dried reeds , and thorny underwood , may be more easily conceived than described . " In the course of his journey Major Gray fell in with another detachment of slaves , and he says , " The women and children ...
Page 209
... soil is very rich , consisting of a mixture of yellow loam and clay . A spring of the most delicious water I ever tasted , rises above half way up the hill [ from what I could judge ] , and after tumbling down its rocky bed of granite ...
... soil is very rich , consisting of a mixture of yellow loam and clay . A spring of the most delicious water I ever tasted , rises above half way up the hill [ from what I could judge ] , and after tumbling down its rocky bed of granite ...
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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.