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REMARKS ON OUR COMMERCE WITH 

 AFRICA. 



General ReJlectio7is on our Trade loiih Africa. — Its nature 

 and extent. — Capital employed. — The Slave Trade. — Its 

 banefid effects on Commerce. — The system of Head-money. 

 — Plan for suppressing the Slave Trade. — Relations be- 

 tioeen Great Britain and Africa. — Duty of this Country to- 

 wards Africa. — The great Advantages considered that would 

 result from the total Abolition of the Slave Trade, and 

 Free Trade with Africa established in its stead. — Compari- 

 sons. — A commercial Government recommended, and out- 

 line of the Plan proposed for it. 



In offering a few remarks on our commerce 

 with the coast of Africa — the injury inflicted on 

 it by the unlawful interference of Spanish and 

 Portuguese slave-traders— its probable increase 

 when that interference is done away with, and 

 the present state and future prospects of that 

 country, I am aware that I labour under no or- 

 dinary disadvantage, arising from the numerous 

 attempts that have been made to raise the cha- 

 racter of the African, and the disappointment 



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