The African trade, the great pillar and support of the British plantation trade in America: shewing that our loss, by being beat out of all the foreign markets for sugar and indigo by the French, has been owing to the neglect of our African trade; which only, can supply our colonies with negroes, for the making of sugars and all other plantation produce: that the support and security of the negroe-trade depends wholly on the due and effectual support of the Royal African Company of England, which has hitherto preserved this invaluable trade to these kingdoms: that the difficulties and discouragements which the said company labours under, threaten the absolute loss of the negroe trade to this nation; and consequently the total ruin of all the British plantations in America: and also, what the Royal African Company have a natural right to hope for this session of Parliament from their country, in order to enable them to support and maintain the British interest, rights and privileges in Afr

People / Organizations

• Malachy Postlethwayt (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion in Ludgate-Street, 1745.

Added name

Robinson, Jacob, -1759, bookseller.

Publication year

1745

ESTC No.

T21102

Grub Street ID

238859

Description

[2], 46 p. ; 4°.

Note

Signed: A British merchant, i.e. Malachy Postlethwayt

Woodcut head-piece; woodcut factotum

At foot of title page in square brackets: Price One Shilling

Includes bibliographical references

Signatures: [A]]2(-[A]2)B-F]4G]4(-G4).