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 11
... respect to flaves for the future ; and fhould lay them down in fuch plain terms , that it may not be poffible to mistake them : and if the African trade is in reality fo contrary to law and humanity as fome have fet forth , let it be ...
... respect to flaves for the future ; and fhould lay them down in fuch plain terms , that it may not be poffible to mistake them : and if the African trade is in reality fo contrary to law and humanity as fome have fet forth , let it be ...
Page 44
... respect between them : When they ceased to be rivals , they would naturally be brothers . Accommodations , protection , and every intercourse of kind- ness would arife , and the natives be kept in awe , when they found the English were ...
... respect between them : When they ceased to be rivals , they would naturally be brothers . Accommodations , protection , and every intercourse of kind- ness would arife , and the natives be kept in awe , when they found the English were ...
Page 64
... respect from these taxes , or other regula- tions , except what may affect the prices and police necessary in trade , which will be the advantage of the place to observe . Seventhly , That every mafter of a trading veffel , on finishing ...
... respect from these taxes , or other regula- tions , except what may affect the prices and police necessary in trade , which will be the advantage of the place to observe . Seventhly , That every mafter of a trading veffel , on finishing ...
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... respecting these affairs , should my candour or veracity be queftioned , as all poft captains are as I am told juftices of peace upon their stations . I forgot to tell you in its proper place , that the gentlemen , factors , and others ...
... respecting these affairs , should my candour or veracity be queftioned , as all poft captains are as I am told juftices of peace upon their stations . I forgot to tell you in its proper place , that the gentlemen , factors , and others ...
Page 79
... respects as if they were fubject to no controul ; therefore , as you have no manner of fecurity either from them , or the committee , that the fame game will not be played over again , you cannot poffibly tye them up too . clofe 1 clofe ...
... respects as if they were fubject to no controul ; therefore , as you have no manner of fecurity either from them , or the committee , that the fame game will not be played over again , you cannot poffibly tye them up too . clofe 1 clofe ...
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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.