Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa

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Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa

by Joseph Corry

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Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa The religion, character, customs, &c. of the natives; with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe; and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country; made in the years 1805 and 1806; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Carlo Traverso, Willy De la Court and Distributed Proofreaders Europe, http://dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr. Willy De la Court

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2004-06-01

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Public domain in the USA.

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Joseph Corry

Best known for a vivid 1807 account of West Africa, this early travel writer drew on firsthand journeys along the Windward Coast and around Sierra Leone. His book mixes observation, commerce, and abolition-era argument in a way that still feels revealing today.

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