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Thomas Clarkson. |
[11.June |
| I passed two Months at Liverpool and two at Bristol,
and in these Places I collected Specimens of the Productions
of Africa which I have brought with Me, and which are, as follows. |
Indigo |
Tulip Wood |
Rice |
Yellow Wood |
Cotton |
Musk |
Malagetta Pepper |
Gum Copal |
or |
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Grains of Paradise |
Gum Senega |
Cayenne Pepper |
Gum: Rub: Astringens |
Black Pepper |
Mahogany |
Long Pepper |
Cotton Cloths. |
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Q.
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Can You say from what Part of the Coast of Africa these Articles
were brought? |
A. I. |
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Thomas Clarkson |
| A.
I cannot exactly say - the black Pepper was brought from Whydah,
and the Cotton from Gambia - they were in general given me
by the Importers - the Indigo and musk were given Me by Dr.
Turner of Liverpool, who received them from a Gentleman, who
brought them from the Coast of Africa. |
| I can speak to the Loss which this Country sustains
in Her Seamen by the Prosecution of the African Trade, being
able to give an Account of about 4080 Seamen - This Account
is taken from the Muster Rolls kept at Liverpool and Bristol
and delivered upon Oath - The Muster Roll at Liverpool is kept
in the Custom House, and that of Bristol in the Merchants Hall. |
This |
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Thomas Clarkson |
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| This Account is taken from between forty and fifty
Ships, which returned to Liverpool in the 1786, and about as
many in the 1787; and from about 24 Ships, which returned to
Bristol in the Years since the Peace - I inspected the Muster
Rolls myself, and it appears thereby that every Ship that sails
from the Port of Liverpool in the Slave Trade loses in the course
of Her voyage from the Time of Her sailing to that of Her return,
by Deaths natural or accidental, more than seven of Her Crew,
out of about 38 both upon an Average, exclusive of those that
died after their Discharge in the West Indies, or in the Infirmaries
at Home. |
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