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« To wit : carpenter — joiner r- ~ sawyer —• brick-maker rr- tanner- ? - * thatcher—chandler—rope-maker — sail-maker r ^ aulker ^ plasterer ^ w carcase-butcher — engineer ^ architect —« - surveyor-r- apothecary . *• The man that car ) sustain all these characters must he allowed to be practically independent ? The result of the colony , however disastrous in Itself , has .
Capt . B . thinks , proved the practicability of the original plan . It wasproposed to ascertain , first , whether the tropical |> ro ^ ductions could be cultivated on the island of Bulama and the adjacent shores ^ and this was proved bej ond a doubt , not only by what the colonists cultivated on the island , but also from
q ]] tropical productions growing wild on it , or in its vicinity : secondly , whether this could be done by the means ' of free ' natives ,, which was completely proved by the employment of the Gmmetas ( of whom Capt . B . had in his service not less than 196 in about one year ) , who worked hard and willingly : and , ¦
thirdly , whether civilization might not be introduced among the Africans by means of cultivation and commerce , which is proved in , the other two— -for commerce will follow cultivation , $ nd civilization will result from them both . ^ The principal causes of the failure of the expedition , as stated by Capt . B . to a general meeting of Bulama proprietors ^ held at the Mansion-house after his return ,
were—< 1 st , The carrying out men . of the most infamous character and vicious habits .. 2 dly , The arriving on the coast of Africa at the ' most , improper season of the year . 3 dly , The omitting to carry out the frame and materials of a hpuse , or houses , sufficient to secure the whole of the colony , immediately on their arrival , from the rains and 9 f
from the sun . The ardour of Capt . B / s mind is unabated by the
misfortunes at Bulama : he thinks that a second expedition thither would , if properly conducted , be attended with success . Relying on his statements , we entertain the same opi n ion , and should rejoice to see part of the overflowing population of this country drawji off for the purpose of colonizing some favorable
spot ( and none can be more favourable than Bulama ) of the African coast . Our West-Indian possessions are daily becoming less secure and less valuable : Africa offers us her territories as a substitute for them . It is to be apprehended that the active g . nd liberal government of France wiJI , as Capt * B . suggests , anticipate vis in seizing the present openings for African colonies : it is well kriown that plans of this object have been submitted to it , and favorably received . We must confess we wish , , as Britons , that our country may enjoy the honor and ultimate advantage of civilizing this ill-fated quarter of the globe , especially since she has been th £ principal occasion , in late years *
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African Memoranda . & 2 S
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1806, page 325, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1725/page/45/
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