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... letters , and with the agricultural and mechanical arts , on different parts of the coast . We hope also to find enterprizing and intelligent men , who will explore the interior , not merely to gratify curiosity , but to obtain and ...
... letters , and with the agricultural and mechanical arts , on different parts of the coast . We hope also to find enterprizing and intelligent men , who will explore the interior , not merely to gratify curiosity , but to obtain and ...
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... letter received during the last year from Governor Ludlam , in which that gentleman gives an account of the baneful effects of the Slave Trade witnessed by himself , in the country on the banks of the river Sherbro , about one hundred ...
... letter received during the last year from Governor Ludlam , in which that gentleman gives an account of the baneful effects of the Slave Trade witnessed by himself , in the country on the banks of the river Sherbro , about one hundred ...
Halaman 16
... letter written by Gover- nor Ludlam in November last , will give a faint idea of the enormities and miseries which prevailed in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone at that period . " The influence of in seems to be supreme . Not long ...
... letter written by Gover- nor Ludlam in November last , will give a faint idea of the enormities and miseries which prevailed in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone at that period . " The influence of in seems to be supreme . Not long ...
Halaman 37
... Letter of Governor LUDLAM , dated at Sierra Leone , 29th October , 1806 " THE ruin of this country ( the Sherbro ) is however but partially to be ascribed to the present war . The sys- tem on which the Native Chiefs seem uniformly to ...
... Letter of Governor LUDLAM , dated at Sierra Leone , 29th October , 1806 " THE ruin of this country ( the Sherbro ) is however but partially to be ascribed to the present war . The sys- tem on which the Native Chiefs seem uniformly to ...
Halaman 39
... letter of the law , to injure their own relations . I did not learn the re- sult , but from his influence with C- there is no doubt he escaped punishment , though he would be obliged to surrender his prey . " A belief in Witchcraft ...
... letter of the law , to injure their own relations . I did not learn the re- sult , but from his influence with C- there is no doubt he escaped punishment , though he would be obliged to surrender his prey . " A belief in Witchcraft ...
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Halaman 22 - SlaveTrade throughout the whole of his dominions. And actuated by this principle, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal engages that his subjects shall not be permitted to carry on the Slave Trade on any part of the Coast of Africa, not actually belonging to His Royal Highness's dominions, in which that trade has been discontinued and abandoned by the powers and states of Europe, which formerly traded there...
Halaman 6 - The slave trade has since been totally abolished by this country, and our legislature has pronounced it to be contrary to the principles of justice and humanity. Whatever we might think as individuals before, we could not, sitting as judges in a British court of justice, regard the trade in that light, while our own laws permitted it. But we can now assert that this trade cannot, abstractedly speaking, have a legitimate existence. When I say abstractedly speaking...
Halaman 14 - The principle laid down in that case appears to be, that the slave trade, carried on by a vessel belonging to a subject of the United States, is a trade which, being unprotected by the domestic regulations of their legislature and government, subjects the vessel engaged in it to a sentence of condemnation.
Halaman 27 - Ix'fore the determination thereof; it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ten, it shall and may be lawful, for any person or persons...
Halaman 27 - ... to the use of His Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the use of the person who shall inform or sue for the same...
Halaman 41 - Merchandize unlawfully imported into the same Island, Colony, Plantation, or Territory, may now be seized and prosecuted therein by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force for regulating the Navigation and Trade of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations and shall and may, after his or their Condemnation, be disposed of in Manner herein-after mentioned and provided.
Halaman 51 - If any action be commenced against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this act, the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence, and if...
Halaman 41 - Counsellors, Aiders and Abettors, shall be and are hereby declared to be Felons, and shall be transported beyond Seas for a Term not exceeding Fourteen Years, or shall be confined and kept to Hard Labour for a Term not exceeding Five Years, nor less than Three Years, at the Discretion of the Court before whom such Offender or Offenders shall be tried and convicted.
Halaman 51 - ... may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of...
Halaman 40 - ... not possible for me to behold the wonderful fertility of the soil, the vast herds of cattle, proper both for labour and food, and a variety of other circumstances favourable to colonization and agriculture ; and reflect, withal, on the means which presented themselves of a vast inland navigation, without lamenting that a country, so abundantly gifted and favoured by nature, should remain in its present savage and neglected state.