The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Africa . So soon as the main geographical features of the continent had been determined , the " scramble for Africa " followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light ...
... Africa . So soon as the main geographical features of the continent had been determined , the " scramble for Africa " followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light ...
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... African territories to English enterprise , and in 1588 Queen Elizabeth made the first royal grant of privileges for trade with Africa . Within the district of the Senegal and Gambia only , the Adventurers were allowed a monopoly of the ...
... African territories to English enterprise , and in 1588 Queen Elizabeth made the first royal grant of privileges for trade with Africa . Within the district of the Senegal and Gambia only , the Adventurers were allowed a monopoly of the ...
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... Africa as well as on English manors , and the domestic slave of the coast was by no means always the rightless creature he has been painted . The prices paid for slaves to the native dealers varied very greatly in the second half of the ...
... Africa as well as on English manors , and the domestic slave of the coast was by no means always the rightless creature he has been painted . The prices paid for slaves to the native dealers varied very greatly in the second half of the ...
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