Civilization of Africa -- Sierra Leone -- liberated Africans [electronic resource].

Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.

[Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1826]

English

p. 872-892, [1] leaf of plates : map.

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.

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.

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