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... Spanish , and Por- tuguese languages , of such works and tracts as may be best adapted to produce in these nations a conviction of the inhumanity and impolicy of the Slave Trade . The Directors will now advert to the informa- tion they ...
... Spanish , and Por- tuguese languages , of such works and tracts as may be best adapted to produce in these nations a conviction of the inhumanity and impolicy of the Slave Trade . The Directors will now advert to the informa- tion they ...
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... Spanish and Portuguese Settlements in America ; and that several adven- tures of this description have actually been com- -pleted . The persons , however , who are by far the most deeply engaged in this nefarious traffic , appear to be ...
... Spanish and Portuguese Settlements in America ; and that several adven- tures of this description have actually been com- -pleted . The persons , however , who are by far the most deeply engaged in this nefarious traffic , appear to be ...
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... Spanish and Swedish flags . The Slaves thus procured , it is understood , were afterwards to be carried for sale , either to South America or to the Spanish West Indics . Some cargoes ( there is reason to believe ) , have been landed at ...
... Spanish and Swedish flags . The Slaves thus procured , it is understood , were afterwards to be carried for sale , either to South America or to the Spanish West Indics . Some cargoes ( there is reason to believe ) , have been landed at ...
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... Spanish Colonies 93-102 X. Extracts of Letters from Africa . 102-107 Y. List of Plants , & c . transmitted by Dr. Roxburgh , of Cal- cutta , with directions for the culture of some of them 108-115 Z. Additional Papers distributed to the ...
... Spanish Colonies 93-102 X. Extracts of Letters from Africa . 102-107 Y. List of Plants , & c . transmitted by Dr. Roxburgh , of Cal- cutta , with directions for the culture of some of them 108-115 Z. Additional Papers distributed to the ...
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... Spanish colours . have , in numerous instances , been proved to be only a disguise to conceal British and American property ; and there is strong ground to be- lieve , that this would be found to be very generally the case , if the ...
... Spanish colours . have , in numerous instances , been proved to be only a disguise to conceal British and American property ; and there is strong ground to be- lieve , that this would be found to be very generally the case , if the ...
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Abolition Act of Parliament aforesaid Africa African Institution African Slave Trade America appear Appendix bounties British captors cargo carried chief civilization Coast of Africa Collector colony Committee condemned considerable Cotton Court cultivation Directors ditto Duke of Gloucester duty Earl effect employed export extend fibres flogged foreign forfeited forfeitures Governor Huggins hundred important improvement inhabitants island John justice labour lashes Liverpool Majesty Majesty's Government Mandingo master means Memorialist ment natives of Africa negroes object offence officer Palm Oil Parliament penalties persons resident plants port Portuguese pounds sterling present prize procure produce prohibited prosecuted punishment purpose quantity received Report respect Right Honourable Right Honourable LORD Royal Highness Sect seed seized sent settlement ship or vessel Sierra Leone Company Slave or Slaves Slave Trade Sunn taken territory Thomas tion trade in Slaves transhipped Viscount Valentia West Indies William witness
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.