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Africa Wasted by Britain, and Restored by Native Agency

Code: 10139

Africa Wasted by Britain, and Restored by Native Agency, in a Letter to the Right Honourablee and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London

London 1843

62 pages, 8vo, wrappers (slight foxing), The author examines the West African colonies, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast with their respective settlements and dependencies, etc. and the number of slaves sent to the various West Indian Islands. From the years 1680 to 1786, there were imported into the British West Indies alone accoding to the Custom House Returns 2,130,000.