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Title: Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants
An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects

Author: Anthony Benezet

Release Date: March 7, 2004 [EBook #11489]

Language: English

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SOME HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF GUINEA,

ITS SITUATION, PRODUCE, AND THE GENERAL DISPOSITION OF ITS INHABITANTS.

AN INQUIRY INTO THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE SLAVE TRADE, ITS NATURE AND
LAMENTABLE EFFECTS.

1771 BY ANTHONY BENEZET

SOME

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

OF

GUINEA,

ITS

SITUATION, PRODUCE, and the general

DISPOSITION of its INHABITANTS.

WITH

An Inquiry into the RISE and PROGRESS

OF THE

SLAVE TRADE,

Its NATURE, and lamentable EFFECTS.

ALSO

A REPUBLICATION of the Sentiments of several Authors of Note on this
interesting Subject: Particularly an Extract of a Treatise written by
GRANVILLE SHARPE.

By ANTHONY BENEZET

ACTS xvii. 24, 26. GOD, _that made the world hath made of_ one
blood _all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the
earth, and hath determined the--bounds of their habitation._

PHILADELPHIA: Printed MDCCLXXI.

LONDON: Re-printed MDCCLXXII.

Introduction.

CHAPTER I. _A GENERAL account of_ Guinea; _particularly those
parts on the rivers_ Senegal _and_ Gambia.

CHAP. II. _Account of the_ Ivory-Coast, _the_ Gold-Coast _and
the Slave-Coast_.

CHAP. III. _Of the kingdoms of_ Benin, Kongo _and_ Angola.

CHAP. IV. Guinea, _first discovered and subdued by the_
Arabians. _The Portuguese make descents on the coast, and carry
off the natives. Oppression of the_ Indians: _De la Casa pleads
their cause_.

CHAP. V. _The_ English's _fi