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Civilization of Africa -- Sierra Leone -- liberated Africans
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacQueen, James, 1778-1870.
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
- Enslaved persons.
- Great Britain--Colonies.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Commerce.
- Sierra Leone--History.
- Sierra Leone.
- Africa--Civilization.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (p. 872-892, [1] leaf of plates ) map.
- Place of Publication:
- [Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1826]
- Summary:
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- 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.
- OCLC:
- 607353975
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