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Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa: The religion, character, customs, &c. of the natives; with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe; and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country; made in the years 1805 and 1806; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave tradeCorry, Joseph

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Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa: The religion, character, customs, &c. of the natives; with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe; and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country; made in the years 1805 and 1806; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade

Name: Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa: The religion, character, customs, &c. of the natives; with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe; and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country; made in the years 1805 and 1806; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade
Author: Corry, Joseph

Corry, Joseph

Africa, West -- Description and travel; Slave trade -- Africa

[Illustration: A MANDINGO CHIEF, and his HEADMAN, in their COSTUME, & other
NATIVES]




                       OBSERVATIONS
                         UPON THE
                  WINDWARD COAST OF AFRICA,
                           THE
              RELIGION, CHARACTER, CUSTOMS, &c.
                      OF THE NATIVES;
                          WITH A
          SYSTEM UPON WHICH THEY MAY BE CIVILIZED,
                          AND A
    KNOWLEDGE ATTAINED OF THE INTERIOR OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY
                   QUARTER OF THE GLOBE;
                         AND UPON
      THE NATURAL AND COMMERCIAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY;
               MADE IN THE YEARS 1805 AND 1806.

                      BY JOSEPH CORRY.

                      WITH AN APPENDIX,
                         CONTAINING
    A LETTER TO LORD HOWICK, ON THE MOST SIMPLE AND EFFECTUAL
              MEANS OF ABOLISHING THE SLAVE TRADE.



                          LONDON:
PRINTED FOR G. AND W. NICOL, BOOKSELLERS TO HIS MAJESTY, PALL-MALL;
                  AND JAMES ASPERNE, CORNHILL.
        BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND ROW, ST. JAMES'S
                           1807.




                            TO
                   THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
                 LORD VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH,
         ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES
                OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.



    MY LORD,


Hightly flattered by your Lordship's polite condescension, in permitting me
to inscribe to you the following Pages, I return your Lordship my most
unfeigned thanks.

If they meet your Lordship's approbation, and that of a discerning Public;
or if they tend in the most remote degree to excite more intelligent
efforts and more active enterprise on behalf of the unenlightened African,
or to augment the Commerce of the United Kingdom with a Country, now in
danger of falling into the hands of our Enemies, I shall feel an ample
reward for the risques and dangers to which I have been exposed in
collecting these Fragments; while the occasion gives me the opportunity of
subscribing myself,


                        With grateful acknowledgments,
                               Your Lordship's
                  Most obedient, and devoted humble Servant,



                                        JOSEPH CORRY,

PREFACE.

With becoming deference, I shall endeavour to illustrate in the following
pages, the observations I have personally made upon the Coast of Africa,
and to give the information I have obtained from an extended circle of
Chiefs, and native Tribes, relative to its Inhabitants, their Religion,
Habits and Customs, the natural productions and commercial resources, &c.
and attempt to delineate the most eligible grounds upon which the condition
of the African may be effectually improved, and our commercial relations be
preserved with that important quarter of the globe.

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