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Subject Terms Africa, West -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

1. Journal of a residence in Ashantee / by Joseph Dupuis ; comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the interior of Western Africa ; chiefly collected from Arabic mss. and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea ; to which is prefixed an account of the origin and causes of the present war ; illustrated with a map and plates.

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Creator:: Dupuis, Joseph
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [2], vii, [1], xxxviii, 264, cxxxv, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Observations upon the Windward coast of Africa : the religion, character, customs &c., of the natives : with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe : and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country : made in the years 1805 and 1806 / by Joseph Corry ; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade.

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Creator:: Corry, Joseph
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: xiv, [2],163 p., [9] leaves of plates ([7] folding) : ill., map, 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts