THE SOCIETY FOR THE EXTINCTION OF CIVILIZATION OF AFRICA. VOL. I. LONDON: . PUBLISHED BY JOHN W. PARKER, 445, WEST STRAND; AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS, M.DCCC.XLI. TO THE FIRST VOLUME. Abu Bekr, Dr. Madden's Reward for, 64. Narrative, | Clarkson, Thomas, Esq., Letter from, 115 Concecoâ de Maria, captured by H. M. B. Fantome, 294 Correspoudents, Notice to, 39 Crowding of Slaves, 107 do. Quatro de Marzo, 63 Cuba, Suppression of the Slave Trade in, 113, 161; Me- morial, 122, 169 Daniell, Professor, on the Waters of the African Coast. 18; on Miasma, 40, 53 Danish Gold Coast: Basle Missionary Stations, 126; De Graft, Mr. W., Native Missionary, 32 83, 105 Dous Fevereiro, Slaver, Capture of, 159 Dublin Auxiliary, 93 Edinburgh Review; Article on Expedition, 30 El Arrogante, Spanish Slaver, 31 "Emancipation," by Dr. Channing; review, 91 Ethiope, Captain Becroft, 33 Ethnography of Africa, 84 Expedition, (vide“ Niger Expedition.") Fantome, Captures by, 174, 207, 294 Faraday, Professor; Analysis on Water, 51 Fawn, Capture of the Dous Fevereiro Slaver, 159 Fergusson, Dr., Letter from, 31 Fernando Po, Cession of; Letter from M. Isambert, 150; Article in the Debats, 184 Firme, Schooner, Case of the, 139 Freeman's, Mr., Journey to Kamasi, 198, 215 Gallinas: Letter from West Coast of Africa, 29; ditto from Captain Denman, 105 Germany : Letter from Captain Washington, 13; ditto from Baron A. von Humboldt, 31; ditto from Dr. Julius, 186 German Translation of the “African Slave Trade and its Remedy;" Preface by Professor Carl Ritter, 990 Glasgow Auxiliary, 62, 76 Gurney, Joseph John, Esq., Notice of his Work, “Winter in the West Indies," 16; Letter from, 26 H., Letter on the Slave Trade from, 922 Havana Memorial, 169 llertford Auxiliary, 224 Hoffman, the Rev. W., Statement relative to Basle Mis- sions, 126 Humboldt, Baron A. von, Letter from, 31; Consent to be elected a Corresponding Member of tbe African Civilr zation Society, 110 Hunting Slaves in Abyssinia, 90 Intelligence from Western Africa, 138 Isambert, M., Letter on Cession of Fernando Po, 150 Jamaica, Advancing Prosperity of, 108; a NegroSpeaker at, 107 ; Money collected at, 41 Jamieson, Mr., 33 Albert to each of the Commanders of the Niger Expe. Leone, 32; Death of, 140 Jesus Maria Slaver, Capture of, 63; Unprecedented Josephine Slaver, Capture of the, 174 Julius, Dr., Letter from, 186 . Komasi, Mr. Freeman's Journey to, 198, 215 | Revival of the Slave Trade in the Bight of Benin, 42 Ringdove, H.M.B., Capture of the Slaver Jesus Maria, by, 63, 107 Ritter, Professor Carl, Preface to the German Transla• tion of the “African Slave Trade and its Remedy," by, 220 Royal Presents to the Commanders of the Niger Expe- dition, 91 Sabine, Mr., Letter on Magnetic Observations, 55 Sermon on board H.M.S.V. Albert, by the Rev. Theo. dore Muller, 109 Sierra Leone: Letter from Dr. Fergusson, 31; Departure of His Excellency Sir John Jeremie, for, 32; Death of, 1140; Visit of the Niger Expedition, 207 ; Vigour Slave Barracoous, Destructiou of, by Captain Denman, 73, 83 pedition: Sermon on board H.M.S.V. Albert, 100 Slave Smuggling into the United States, 183 Slave Trade, Suppression of, in Caba, 113, 161 ! Slaves, Unprecedented Crowding of, 107 Slavery: Abolition of it in Tunis, 127; and the Internal Society, African Civilization, Origin of, 5 Stewart's, the Rev. Haldade, Farewell Address to the Niger Expedition, 32 Subscribers to the “Friend of Africa, Notice to, 48, 64 Swanzy, Mr.; his Plantation at Cape Coast Castle, 214 Sympatby of the West Indians in the cause of Africa, 205 Timneh Mission of the Church Missionary Society, 188 Tombokta; Narrative of Abu Bekr, 151 Trinidad; Soldiers of the 1st West India Regiment, 166 | Tropical Miasma, on, Letter from Professor Bischof.eu Trotter, Captain ; his Speech at Plymouth, 143 Tunis, Abolition of Slavery in, 197 Tuscany, the Grand Dake of; consent to become an Honorary Member of the African Civilization Society, 110 United States: Slavery and the Slave Trade in the, 110; Slave Smuggling into the, 183 Notice of, 92 Vaccination of the Africans, 24, 49 Vegetable Butter: Letter from Mrs. Lee, 166; from Mrs. Dallas, 185 Ventilation of the Niger Vessels, 43, 55, 65 Visit of His Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Niger Expedition, 75 Vogel, Dr.: Letter from Baron Humboldt respecting him, 31; on the Botany of Western Central Africa. 99, 134 Waddell," the Rev. H. M.; Letter on Africa and the West Indies, 292 Wanderer; Captain Denman's Destruction of the Slave Barracoons, 73, 83, 105 Washington, Captain, Letter from bim in Germany, 13 Waters of the African Coast, 18, 54 Waterwitch, H.M.B.; Capture of two Slavers, 62 West Coast of Africa, 99; Blockade of the, 471 West India Regiment, 1st; Soldiers of the, 166 Wilmot, Sir Eardley : Birthday Fete, 191 Winter in the West Indies, Notice of, 16 BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE EXTINCTION OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE CIVILIZATION OF AFRICA. No. 1.] LONDON, 1st JANUARY, 1841. [2d. CONTENTS. ADDRESS :- Appeal on behalf of Africa ........ 1 | FOREIGN :Hour: Correspondence from Germany............13 Origin of the Society... ........ Vienna, Berlin, &c. .. ......14 Proceedings... MISCELLANEOUS: .....16 NIGER EXPEDITION:-Equipment .... .... 9 Acknowledgment of Presents .. ......16 Proceedings of 830..........................11 Arrivals and Sailings ..... ......16 Prospectus... ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF AFRICA. The past history of Africa presents a mysterious page in the book of Providence, and constitutes one of the most mournful and humiliating passages in the annals of mankind. . With the exception of a few favoured spots, the seats of either ancient or modern civilization, nearly the whole of this vast continent, so far as we are acquainted with it, has been from time immemorial immersed in moral darkness, adapted only to exhibit scenes of the deepest human degradation and woe. Successive ages have borne the elements of social improvement to almost every other considerable portion of the globe, but Africa, unhappy Africa, the cradle of ancient art and science, and the depository of ancient grandeur, has made no onward progress: and although upon her northern and eastern frontiers, a by-gone civilization still lingers, yet her central, western, and southern districts appear to have ever remained in almost primeval barbarism, a monument of the ingratitude of those nations who first borrowed from Africa the rudiments of their own advancement.. In contemplating the desolation and misery of modern Africa, it were unjust to forget that Europe is herself a debtor to the ancient population of that now benighted continent. Egypt first taught the use of letters : first unveiled the mysteries of science: set the most successful examples of agriculture and commerce; and by imperishable memorials in architecture and design, “the works of Memphian kings,” awakened the genius and the wonder of all succeeding generations. Nor can Christianity itself deny its obligations to a continent which gave birth to the author of the earliest of the sacred oracles; which produced the Septuagint; listened to the voice of Evangelists; and in the primitive ages of the Church, gloried in the possession of many of its most illustrious martyrs, apologists, and fathers. It were well if the imputation of ingratitude and neglect could alone be urged against civilized and Christian Europe. It were well if the horrors of Africa and the disgrace of Europe were all comprised in such a complaint. But Europe is charged with far other offences than these. She stands convicted, alas! of an avarice mingled with a cruelty so B |