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Adanson (M.) his account of the country on the rivers Senegal and Gambia, 14. Extraordinary fertility, ibid. Surprising vegetation, 15. Beautiful aspect of the country, 16. Good disposition of the natives, ibid.
Advertisements in the New-York Journal, for the sale of slaves, 158. Also in the news-papers of London, 160.
Africa, that part from whence the Negroe slaves are brought, how divided, 6. Capable of a considerable trade, 143.
Alien (every) or stranger coming within the King's dominion, becomes a subject, 148.
Antientest account of the Negroes, 41. Were then a simple innocent people, 43.
Angola, a plentiful country, 39. Character of the natives, 40. Government, ibid.
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Barbadoes (laws of) respecting Negroe slaves, 170.
Barbot (John) agent general of the French African Company, his account of the Gold Coast, 25. Of the Slave Coast, 27.
Bosman (William) principal factor for the Dutch at D'Elmina, his account of the Gold Coast, 23. Of the Slave Coast, 27.
Brue (Andrew) principal factor of the French African Company, his account of the country on the river Senegal, 7. And on the river Gambia, 8.
Benin (kingdom of) good character of the natives, 35. Punishment of crimes, 36. Order of government, ibid. Largeness and order of the city of Great Benin, 37.
Britons (antient) in their original state no less barbarous than the African Negroes, 68.
Baxter (Richard) his testimony against slavery, 83.
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Corruption of some of the Kings of Guinea, 107.
D
De la Casa (bishop of Chapia) his concern for the Indians, 47. His speech to Charles the Fifth Emperor of Germany and King of Spain, 48. Prodigious destruction of the Indians in Hispaniola, 51.
Divine principle in every man, its effects on those who obey its dictates, 14.
E
Elizabeth (Queen) her caution to captain Hawkins not to enslave any of the Negroes, 55.
English, their first trade on the coast of Guinea, 52.
Europeans are the principal cause of the wars which subsist amongst the Negroes, 61.
English laws allow no man, of what condition soever, to be deprived of his liberty, without a legal process, 150. The danger of confining any person without a warrant, 162.
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Fishing, a considerable business on the Guinea coast, 26. How carried on, ibid.
Foster (James) his testimony against slavery, 186.
Fuli Negroes good farmers, 10. Those on the Gambia particularly recommended for their industry and good behaviour, ibid.
France (King of) objects to the Negroes in his dominions being reduced to a state of slavery, 58.
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Gambia (river)8, 14.
Gloucester (bishop of) extract of his sermon, 195.
Godwyn (Morgan) his plea in favour of the Negroes and Indians, 75. Complains of the cruelties exercised upon slaves, 76. A false opinion prevailed in his time, that the Negroes were not objects of redeeming grace, 77.
Gold Coast has several European factories, 22. Great trade for slaves, ibid. Carried on far in the inland country, ibid. Natives more reconciled to the Europeans, and more diligent in procuring slaves, ibid. Extraordinarily fruitful and agreeable, 22, 25. The natives industrious, 24.
Great Britain, all persons during their residence there are the King's subjects, 148.
Guinea extraordinarily fertile, 2. Extremely unhealthy to the Europeans, 4. But agrees well with the natives, ibid. Prodigious rising of waters, ibid. Hot winds, ibid. Surprising vegetation, 15.
H
Hawkins (captain) lands on the coast of Guinea and seizes on a number of the natives, which he sells to the Spaniards, 55.
Hottentots misrepresented by authors, 101. True account given of these people by Kolben, 102. Love of liberty and sloth their prevailing passions, 102. Distinguished by several virtues, 103. Firm in alliances, ibid. Offended at the vices predominant amongst christians, 104. Make nor keep no slaves, ibid.
Hughes (Griffith) his account of the number of Negroes in Barbadoes, 85. Speaks well of their natural capacities, 86.
Husbandry of the Negroes carried on in common, 28.
Hutcheson (Francis) his declaration against slavery, 184.
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Jalof Negroes, their government, 9.
Indians grievously oppressed by the Spaniards, 47. Their cause pleaded by Bartholomew De la Casa, 48. Inland people, good account of them, 25.
Ivory Coast fertile, &c. 18. Natives falsely represented to be a treacherous people, ibid. Kind when well used, 19. Have no European factories amongst them, 21. And but few wars; therefore few slaves to be had there, 22.
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Jury, Negroes tried and condemned without the solemnity of a jury, 174. Highly repugnant to the English constitution, 176. Dangerous to those concerned therein, ibid.
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Laws in Guinea severe against man-stealing, and other crimes, 106.
M
Mandingoe Negroes a numerous nation, 11. Great traders, ibid. Laborious, 11. Their government, 13. Their worship, ibid. Manner of tillage, ibid. At Galem they suffer none to be made slaves but criminals, 20.
Maloyans (a black people) sometimes sold amongst Negroes brought from very distant parts, 27.
Markets regularly kept on the Gold and Slave Coasts, 30.
Montesquieu's sentiments on slavery, 72.
Moor (Francis) factor to the African company, his account of the slave-trade on the river Gambia, 111.
Mosaic law merciful in its chastisements, 73. Has respect to human nature, ibid.
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National wars disapproved by the most considerate amongst the Negroes, 110.
Negroes (in Guinea) generally a humane, sociable people, 2. Simplicity of their way of living, 5. Agreeable in conversation, 16. Sensible of the damage accruing to them from the slave-trade, 61. Misrepresented by most authors, 98. Offended at the brutality of the European factors, 116. Shocking cruelties exercised on them by masters of vessels, 124. How many are yearly brought from Guinea by the English, 129. The numbers who die on the passage and in the seasoning, 120.
Negroe slaves (in the colonies) allowed to cohabit and separate at pleasure, 36. Great waste of them thro' hard usage in the islands, 86. Melancholy case of two of them, 136. Proposals for setting them free, 129. Tried and condemned without the solemnity of a jury, 174.
Negroes (free) discouragement they met with, 133.
P
Portugueze carry on a great trade for slaves at Angola, 40. Make the first incursions into Guinea, 44. From whence they carry off some of the natives, ibid. Beginners of the slave-trade, 46. Erect the first fort at D'Elmina, ibid.
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Rome (the college of cardinals at) complain of the abuse offered to the Negroes in selling them for slaves, 58.
S
Senegal (river) account of, 7, 14.
Ship (account of one) blown up on the coast of Guinea with a number of Negroes on board, 125.
Slave-trade, how carried on at the river Gambia, 111. And in other parts of Guinea, 113. At Whidah, 115.
Slaves used with much more lenity in Algiers and in Turkey than in our colonies, 70. Likewise in Guinea, 71. Slavery more tolerable amongst the antient Pagans than in our colonies, 63. Declined, as christianity prevailed, 65. Early laws in France for its abolishment, 66. If put an end to, would make way for a very extensive trade through Africa, 143. The danger of slavery taking place in England, 164.
Sloane (Sir Hans) his account of the inhuman and extravagant punishments inflicted on Negroes, 89.
Smith (William) surveyor to the African company, his account of the Ivory Coast, 20. Of the Gold Coast, 24.
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VIRGINIA (laws), respecting Negro slaves, 172. Virginia (address to the assembly) setting forth the iniquity and danger of slavery, 189.
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WALLACE (George) his testimony against slavery, 180.
West Indies, white people able to perform the necessary work there, 141.
Whidah (kingdom of) agreeable and fruitful, 27. Natives treat one another with respect, 29.
