Civilization of Africa -- Sierra Leone -- liberated Africans
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: W. Blackwood
Published: 1826
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 892
Subjects: Slaves; Emancipation; Colonies; Commerce; History; Civilization
Other titles: Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
Description: A letter to Mr. Hay, presenting a "few facts" connected with the costs of "those attempts which Great Britain is, and has long been making to introduce knowledge, civilization and industry into the western shores of Africa", notably the colony of Sierra Leone, noting the failure of those attempts and suggesting a new course of action.
Notes: Title from caption.

Originally published in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, vol. 20, no. 120 (Dec. 1826).

"To R.W. Hay, Esq., under secretary of state, &c., &c."--P. 872.

Signed and dated (p. 892): "James M'Queen, Glasgow, Nov. 11, 1826."

Reproduction of the original from the Royal Commonwealth Society. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.