A new account of Guinea, and the slave-trade

Chapter 1: A NEW ACCOUNT OF GUINEA, And the Slave-Trade,

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The narrative combines eye‑witness travel reportage, military history, and commercial observation: it recounts a West African kingdom's recent conquest and the author's visit to the conqueror's camp where he witnessed captive sacrifices; explains how captives are taken and prepared for the Atlantic slave trade, estimates export practices and shipboard management including mutinies, argues about the trade's legality, and relates the author's capture by pirates and other maritime hazards. Interspersed are coastal descriptions, notes on local customs, and a contemporary map intended to inform merchants and seafarers.

A NEW
ACCOUNT
OF
GUINEA,
And the Slave-Trade,

CONTAINING,

I. The History of the late Conquest of the Kingdom of Whidaw by the King of Dahomè. The Author’s Journey to the Conqueror’s Camp; where he saw several Captives sacrificed, &c.

II. The Manner how the Negroes become Slaves. The Numbers of them yearly exported from Guinea to America. The Lawfulness of that Trade. The Mutinies among them on board the Ships where the Author has been, &c.

III. A Relation of the Author’s being taken by Pirates, and the many Dangers he underwent.

By Captain William Snelgrave.

With a new and correct Map of the Coast of Guinea.

LONDON:

Printed for J. Wren, at the Bible and Crown, in
Salisbury-Court; Fleet-Street. 1754.