Note 21 — Chapter III

Mr. Duncan (vol. i. p. 185) found fine farms, six to seven miles from Whydah, with clean and comfortable houses, chiefly the work of Foolah and Eya (Oyo?) captives returned from the Brazils. “This.”—says that traveller,—“would seem to prove that to this country slavery is not without its good as well as bad effects.”