CHAP. V.
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First account of the English trading to Guinea. Thomas Windham and several others go to that coast. Some of the Negroes carried off by the English. Queen Elizabeth's charge to Captain Hawkins respecting the natives. Nevertheless he goes on the coast and carries off some of the Negroes. Patents are granted. The King of France objects to the Negroes being kept in slavery. As do the college of Cardinals at Rome. The natives, an inoffensive people; corrupted by the Europeans. The sentiments of the natives concerning the slave-trade, from William Smith: Confirmed by Andrew Brue and James Barbot.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · : Astley's collection, vol. 1. page 139.Note 2 · : Collection vol. 1. p. 148.Note 3 · : Ibid. 257.Note 4 · It was about the year 1551, towards the latter end of the reign of King Edward the Sixth, when some London merchants sent out the first EnglNote 5 · : Ibid. 157.Note 6 · : Collection, vol. 3, page 164.Note 7 · : Note, This plea falls of itself, for if the Negroes apprehended they should be cruelly put to death, if they were not sent away, why do th