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... slavery and the Slave Trade , have occasionally aspired to the praise of candour in regard to the moral character of the * Barrè de St. Venant , p . 379-380 . r Slaves , and have expressly repelled some of the accusations 21.
... slavery and the Slave Trade , have occasionally aspired to the praise of candour in regard to the moral character of the * Barrè de St. Venant , p . 379-380 . r Slaves , and have expressly repelled some of the accusations 21.
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... Slaves in the Sugar Colonies . " The author has only designated himself as a Pro- fessional Planter , but the work is generally ascribed to the late Dr. Collins , of St. Vin- cent , a celebrated apologist of the Slave Trade . 23 Some ...
... Slaves in the Sugar Colonies . " The author has only designated himself as a Pro- fessional Planter , but the work is generally ascribed to the late Dr. Collins , of St. Vin- cent , a celebrated apologist of the Slave Trade . 23 Some ...
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... Slave , from his birth or import- ation to his grave , receives from his master any education whatsoever , or ... Slaves have been instructed in the elements of Christianity , and provided with some means of public worship . And wherever ...
... Slave , from his birth or import- ation to his grave , receives from his master any education whatsoever , or ... Slaves have been instructed in the elements of Christianity , and provided with some means of public worship . And wherever ...
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... Slavery and the Slave - Trade : but the argument is quite fallacious , and can impose on those only who are utterly ... Slaves , are not only disreputable , but far less profitable than C others , in which every free workman may find full 33.
... Slavery and the Slave - Trade : but the argument is quite fallacious , and can impose on those only who are utterly ... Slaves , are not only disreputable , but far less profitable than C others , in which every free workman may find full 33.
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... Slaves from the Coast , might produce little imme- diate effect in civilizing Africa , unless something could be done to counteract those pernicious habits which the Slave Trade had nourished , and par- ticularly to convince the native ...
... Slaves from the Coast , might produce little imme- diate effect in civilizing Africa , unless something could be done to counteract those pernicious habits which the Slave Trade had nourished , and par- ticularly to convince the native ...
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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.