Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The African Slave Trade, Vol. 2: The Remedy
We may assume, and with almost equal confidence, that Africa can never be delivered, till we have called forth the rich productiveness of her soil. She de rives, it must he confessed, some pecuniary advantage from the Slave Trade: happily, however, it is the smallest possible amount of revenue, at the largest possible amount of cost. The strength of our case, and the foundation of our hope, lie in the assurance, - I am tempted rather to call it, the indisputable cer tainty, - that the soil will yield a far more generous return. Grant that the Chieftains sell every year of the inhabitants, and that into their hands £4 per head is honestly paid. (this is not the fact.
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