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 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 the 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 Afri

People / Organizations

• Malachy Postlethwayt (Author)

Imprint

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

Publication year

1745

ESTC No.

T21103

Grub Street ID

238866

Description

[2], 44 p. ; 4°.

Note

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

Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.); Signatures: [A]]2(-[A]2 B-F]4] G]2.