Observations on the slave trade

About this eBook

Author

Wadström, Carl Bernhard, 1746-1799

Title

Observations on the slave trade and a description of some part of the coast of Guinea, during a voyage, made in 1787, and 1788, in company with Doctor A. Sparrman and Captain Arrehenius

Original Publication

United Kingdom: James Phillips,1789.

Credits

John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Slave trade -- Africa, West -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69156

Release Date

October 14, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.OBSERVATIONS ON THE SLAVE TRADE, — PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.SECT. I. On the Mode of procuring Slaves. — CHAP. I. WAR.
5. 5.CHAP. II. PILLAGE.
6. 6.CHAP. III. Of ROBBERY.
7. 7.CHAP. IV. Of TREACHERY or STRATAGEM.
8. 8.SECT. II. Of the Manner in which the Negroes are treated by the Europeans. — CHAP. I. Of the Negroes considered as TRADERS.
9. 9.CHAP. II. Of the Negroes considered as SLAVES.
10. 10.SECT. III. Whether the Negroes are naturally inclined to Industry. — CHAP. I. In FOREIGN COUNTRIES. — CHAP. II. In THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
11. 11.SECT. IV. DESCRIPTION of the COAST. — CHAP. I. CLIMATE.
12. 12.CHAP. II. Of the Soil.
13. 13.CHAP. III. The Productions.
14. 14.SECT. V. Of the IMPEDIMENTS which will oppose European Settlements on the Coast of Guinea. — CHAP. I. False Opinions.
15. 15.CHAP. II. Of the Diseases.
16. 16.CHAP. III. Of Musketoes.
17. 17.CHAP. IV. Of Thorns and Thistles.
18. 18.SECT. VI. REFLECTIONS.
19. 19.Note to Sec. III. and Chap. I.
20. 20.ERRATUM.
21. 21.FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.Untitled

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