Some Historical Account of Guinea

Some Historical Account of
Guinea

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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
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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 first trade to the coast of Guinea: _Violently
carry off some of the Negros._
CHAP. VI. Slavery more tolerable under Pagans and Turks _than in
the colonies. As christianity prevailed, ancient slavery declined_.
CHAP. VII. Montesquieu's sentiments of slavery. Morgan Godwyn's

_advocacy on behalf of Negroes and Indians, &c._
CHAP. VIII. _Grievous treatment of the Negroes in the colonies, &c._
CHAP. IX. Desire of gain the true motive of the Slave trade.
Misrepresentation of the state of the Negroes in Guinea.
CHAP. X. State of the Government in Guinea, &c.
CHAP. XI. Accounts of the cruel methods used in carrying on of the
Slave trade, &c.
CHAP. XII. Extracts of several voyages to the coast of Guinea, &c.
CHAP. XIII. _Numbers of Negroes, yearly brought from_ Guinea, by
the English, &c.
CHAP. XIV. Observations on the situation and disposition of the
Negroes in the northern colonies, &c.
CHAP. XV. Europeans capable of bearing reasonable labour in the
West Indies, &c.
Extracts from Granville Sharp's _representations,_ &c.
_Sentiments of several authors,_ viz. George Wallace, Francis
Hutcheson, and James Foster.
Extracts of an address to the assembly of Virginia.
Extract of the bishop of Gloucester's sermon.

INTRODUCTION.
The slavery of the Negroes having, of late, drawn the attention of many
serious minded people; several tracts have been published setting forth
its inconsistency with every christian and moral virtue, which it is
hoped will have weight with the judicious; especially at a time when

the liberties of mankind are become so much the subject of general
attention. For the satisfaction of the serious enquirer who may not have
the opportunity of seeing those tracts, and such others who are
sincerely desirous that the iniquity of this practice may become
effectually apparent, to those in whose power, it may be to put a stop to
any farther progress therein; it is proposed, hereby, to republish the
most material parts of said tracts; and in order to enable the reader to
form a true judgment of this matter, which, tho' so very important, is
generally disregarded, or so artfully misrepresented by those whose
interest leads them to vindicate it, as to bias the opinions of people
otherwise upright; some account will be here given of the different
parts of Africa, from which the Negroes are brought to America; with
an impartial relation from what motives the Europeans were first
induced to undertake, and have since continued this iniquitous traffic.
And here it will not be improper to premise, that tho' wars, arising from
the common depravity of human nature, have happened, as well among
the Negroes as other nations, and the weak sometimes been made
captives to the strong;