Author: Carol Bolton
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1839983426
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In 1805, naval officer Captain Philip Beaver (1766–1813) published his African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1792. Beaver’s text in this modern scholarly edition provides an absorbing testimony of his efforts to assist British colonisers in establishing their African settlement. Despite the colonial ambitions of this project, the ‘Bulama Committee’ members were reformists at heart. Their high-minded intentions in purchasing the island and settling it were to demonstrate the anti-slavery principle that propagation by ‘free natives’ would bring ‘cultivation and commerce’ to the region and ultimately introduce ‘civilization’ among them. Beaver’s journal tells the extraordinary account of how the colonists’ ambitions to benefit the African economy and set a precedent of humanitarian labour for the slave-owning lobby in Britain led to the extraordinary emigration of 275 men, women and children in order to put their humanitarian ideals into practice.
Captain Philip Beaver's African Journal
Author: Carol Bolton
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1839983426
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In 1805, naval officer Captain Philip Beaver (1766–1813) published his African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1792. Beaver’s text in this modern scholarly edition provides an absorbing testimony of his efforts to assist British colonisers in establishing their African settlement. Despite the colonial ambitions of this project, the ‘Bulama Committee’ members were reformists at heart. Their high-minded intentions in purchasing the island and settling it were to demonstrate the anti-slavery principle that propagation by ‘free natives’ would bring ‘cultivation and commerce’ to the region and ultimately introduce ‘civilization’ among them. Beaver’s journal tells the extraordinary account of how the colonists’ ambitions to benefit the African economy and set a precedent of humanitarian labour for the slave-owning lobby in Britain led to the extraordinary emigration of 275 men, women and children in order to put their humanitarian ideals into practice.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1839983426
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In 1805, naval officer Captain Philip Beaver (1766–1813) published his African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1792. Beaver’s text in this modern scholarly edition provides an absorbing testimony of his efforts to assist British colonisers in establishing their African settlement. Despite the colonial ambitions of this project, the ‘Bulama Committee’ members were reformists at heart. Their high-minded intentions in purchasing the island and settling it were to demonstrate the anti-slavery principle that propagation by ‘free natives’ would bring ‘cultivation and commerce’ to the region and ultimately introduce ‘civilization’ among them. Beaver’s journal tells the extraordinary account of how the colonists’ ambitions to benefit the African economy and set a precedent of humanitarian labour for the slave-owning lobby in Britain led to the extraordinary emigration of 275 men, women and children in order to put their humanitarian ideals into practice.
Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey
Author: Robert Southey
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
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Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Army, Navy, Air Force Journal & Register
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, &c. &c. &c
Author: Robert Southey
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1422
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1422
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
The American Kennel Club Stud Book Register
Record of the Services of Illinois in the Black Hawk War, 1831-32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-48
Author: Illinois. Adjutant General's Office
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Category : Black Hawk War, 1832
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Publisher:
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Category : Black Hawk War, 1832
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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