A Treatise Upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa: Humbly Recommended to the Attention of Government. By an African MerchantR. Baldwin, 1772 - 124 pages |
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Page 34
... manner of choofing committee - men , defigning and interested perfons , who had been chosen , availed themselves of a cafual expreffion in the act , " com- " mittee - men fhall be chofen by perfons trading or intending “ to trade to ...
... manner of choofing committee - men , defigning and interested perfons , who had been chosen , availed themselves of a cafual expreffion in the act , " com- " mittee - men fhall be chofen by perfons trading or intending “ to trade to ...
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... manner of management , and for the in- conveniencies the African trade labours under from it . All companies are and must neceffarily be composed of individuals , who from obvious motives purfue interefts diftinct from and often in ...
... manner of management , and for the in- conveniencies the African trade labours under from it . All companies are and must neceffarily be composed of individuals , who from obvious motives purfue interefts diftinct from and often in ...
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... manner and form as is by faid " act directed : " And Whereas , a great number of per- fons , neither trading nor intending to trade to or from Africa , have become freemen of the faid company , and have thereby obtained a very extensive ...
... manner and form as is by faid " act directed : " And Whereas , a great number of per- fons , neither trading nor intending to trade to or from Africa , have become freemen of the faid company , and have thereby obtained a very extensive ...
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... manner and to the full extent as fhall be in fuch account fet forth , without any indemnity as to the same , or any part thereof , from any person or persons whomsoever , such persons made free , or defiring to be made free , shall for ...
... manner and to the full extent as fhall be in fuch account fet forth , without any indemnity as to the same , or any part thereof , from any person or persons whomsoever , such persons made free , or defiring to be made free , shall for ...
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... manner whatsoever with any of the said committee - men , other than fimply and diftinctly as fervants of the company , Be it enacted , and it is enacted by the authority aforesaid , that it shall not be lawful for any com- mittee - man ...
... manner whatsoever with any of the said committee - men , other than fimply and diftinctly as fervants of the company , Be it enacted , and it is enacted by the authority aforesaid , that it shall not be lawful for any com- mittee - man ...
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abuſes Accra act of parliament affert affiftance African trade againſt alfo alſo Annamaboe anſwer Appolonia authority aforefaid Briſtol Britiſh cafe Cape Coaſt Cape Lopez Captain Captain Darling cauſe chief Coaft colonies committee committee-men committee's fervants confequently confiderable Cooma Ditto Dutch enacted England Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid company fame fecurity fend fent fervants ferve fervice fettle fettlements fhall fhillings fhips fhould fince firſt flavery flaves foldiers fome foon forts freemen fterling fubjects fuch fufficient fupply fupport furniſh gentlemen Gold Coaſt governor of Cape greateſt himſelf houſe hundred intereft juftice laft laſt laws leaſt Liverpool London Majeſty's maſter merchants Mill moſt muſt natives neceffary neceffity negroes notwithſtanding perfons pleaſe poffibly Portugueze prefent private traders purchaſed purpoſe reaſonable refpectable river river Gambia Royal African company ſaid ſeveral ſhall ſhip ſlaves ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand trading to Africa uſe veffels Weft whatſoever Winnebah
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Page 7 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 8 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 21 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the LAMB...
Page 20 - Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 7 - And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Page 7 - For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Page 6 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Page 16 - We have granted also, and given to all the freemen of our realm, for us and our Heirs for ever...
Page 8 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 5 - Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us" and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.