TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE This book was printed in 1754 and this etext is a careful reproduction of that original text. No spelling and very few punctuation corrections have been made in order to preserve the historical value of the original work. All dates in the book are prior to 1750, and so are Julian calendar dates where a new year begins on March 25th. However the book was published in the Gregorian era, so whenever a year is given for a date between January 1st and March 24th, both the Julian and Gregorian year were printed. This is shown in the book with a hyphen, for example ‘the 10th day of _March_ 1718-19’. The long-s ſ has been replaced by s throughout the etext. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. A superscript x is denoted by ^x. There is only one footnote in this book. The anchor is denoted by (a), and the footnote itself has been placed at the bottom of that paragraph. All the changes noted in the ERRATA have been applied to the etext, except for the change noted for p71, which could not be identified. All occurrences of Testesole have been changed to Testefole. A few minor corrections to obvious compositor errors are noted at the end of the book. Some missing quote marks have been silently added. All other misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been left unchanged. [Illustration: A New MAP of that part _of AFRICA called the_ Coast of GUINEA _From the River Senegal in Latt.^d 16.^d N.^o To Cape Lopez in 1.^d 00′. S.^o with the Inland Countries from the Sea so far as the Great Rivers, Senegal and Niger._] A NEW ACCOUNT OF GUINEA, And the Slave-Trade, CONTAINING, I. The History of the late Conquest of the Kingdom of _Whidaw_ by the King of _Dahomè_. The Author’s Journey to the Conqueror’s Camp; where he saw several Captives sacrificed, _&c._ II. The Manner how the Negroes become Slaves. The Numbers of them yearly exported from _Guinea_ to _America_. The Lawfulness of that Trade. The Mutinies among them on board the Ships where the Author has been, _&c._ III. A Relation of the Author’s being taken by Pirates, and the many Dangers he underwent. By Captain WILLIAM SNELGRAVE. With a new and correct Map of the Coast of _Guinea_. _LONDON_: Printed for J. WREN, at the _Bible_ and _Crown_, in _Salisbury-Court; Fleet-Street_. 1754. TO THE MERCHANTS OF _LONDON_, Trading to the Coast of _Guinea_. GENTLEMEN,