Excerpt from Some Historical Account of Guinea: Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants; With an Inquiry Into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects Truejudgment of this matter, which, though fo very important, is gene rally difregarded, or fo artfully mif reprefented by thofe whofe interefi leads them to vindicate it, as to bias the opinions of people other wife upright, it is propofed to give 'fome account of the different parts of Africa, from which the N e groes are brought to America; with an impartial relation from what mo tives the Europeans were firfi indu ccd to undertake, and have hnce con tinued this iniquitous traflick. And here it will not be improper to pre mife, that though wars, arifing from the common depravity of human na ture, have happened, as well among the Negroes as other nations, and the weak fometimes been made captives to the firong; yet nothing appears in the various relations of the inter courfe and trade for a long time ear ried on by the Efiropeans on that coafi, which would induce us to be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.