The African Repository, Volumes 43-44American Colonization Society, 1967 - African Americans |
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... trade is having a favorable effect on the natives , may be made . useful for trade as well as for geographical and scientific re- searches . We are thankful for what we have received in this volume . It is an accession to our knowledge ...
... trade is having a favorable effect on the natives , may be made . useful for trade as well as for geographical and scientific re- searches . We are thankful for what we have received in this volume . It is an accession to our knowledge ...
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... trade in the Bight of Benin . Situated at the entrance to an extensive lagoon , affording boat navigation eastward as far as the river Benin , and westward to the notorious kingdom of Dahomey , it pos- sessed unequalled facilities for ...
... trade in the Bight of Benin . Situated at the entrance to an extensive lagoon , affording boat navigation eastward as far as the river Benin , and westward to the notorious kingdom of Dahomey , it pos- sessed unequalled facilities for ...
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pany opened trade at Whydah , the king granting them his baracoon , or slave depot , as a store for goods . Two other English houses have sent agents there , and a healthy trade is rapidly in course of development . I come next to the ...
pany opened trade at Whydah , the king granting them his baracoon , or slave depot , as a store for goods . Two other English houses have sent agents there , and a healthy trade is rapidly in course of development . I come next to the ...
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