Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 151 pages of information about Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants.

Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 151 pages of information about Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants.

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Jalof Negroes, their government, 9.

Indians grievously oppressed by the Spaniards, 47.  Their cause pleaded by Bartholomew De la Casa, 48.  Inland people, good account of them, 25.

Ivory Coast fertile, &c. 18.  Natives falsely represented to be a treacherous people, ibid. Kind when well used, 19.  Have no European factories amongst them, 21.  And but few wars; therefore few slaves to be had there, 22.

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Jury, Negroes tried and condemned without the solemnity of a jury, 174.  Highly repugnant to the English constitution, 176.  Dangerous to those concerned therein, ibid.

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Laws in Guinea severe against man-stealing, and other crimes, 106.

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Mandingoe Negroes a numerous nation, 11.  Great traders, ibid. Laborious, 11.  Their government, 13.  Their worship, ibid.  Manner of tillage, ibid. At Galem they suffer none to be made slaves but criminals, 20.

Maloyans (a black people) sometimes sold amongst Negroes brought from very distant parts, 27.

Markets regularly kept on the Gold and Slave Coasts, 30.

Montesquieu’s sentiments on slavery, 72.

Moor (Francis) factor to the African company, his account of the slave-trade on the river Gambia, 111.

Mosaic law merciful in its chastisements, 73.  Has respect to human nature, ibid.

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National wars disapproved by the most considerate amongst the Negroes, 110.

Negroes (in Guinea) generally a humane, sociable people, 2.  Simplicity of their way of living, 5.  Agreeable in conversation, 16.  Sensible of the damage accruing to them from the slave-trade, 61.  Misrepresented by most authors, 98.  Offended at the brutality of the European factors, 116.  Shocking cruelties exercised on them by masters of vessels, 124.  How many are yearly brought from Guinea by the English, 129.  The numbers who die on the passage and in the seasoning, 120.

Negroe slaves (in the colonies) allowed to cohabit and separate at pleasure, 36.  Great waste of them thro’ hard usage in the islands, 86.  Melancholy case of two of them, 136.  Proposals for setting them free, 129.  Tried and condemned without the solemnity of a jury, 174.

Negroes (free) discouragement they met with, 133.

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Portugueze carry on a great trade for slaves at Angola, 40.  Make the first incursions into Guinea, 44.  From whence they carry off some of the natives, ibid. Beginners of the slave-trade, 46.  Erect the first fort at D’Elmina, ibid.

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