A Plea for Africa a Sermon Preached October 26 1817 in the First Presbyterian
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" (Rees under Alan. ) In the. Heart of Africa there are " great towns where different arts flourish. " (Greg. P. 140. ) And when the slaves in other countries " are put to the mechanical arta, they do not disco- ver any want of ingenuit}'. They attain them in as short a time as the Europeans, and arrive at a degree of excellence equal to that of thfir teachers. This is a fact almost uni- IT 58 versally known. " (Clarkson, p. 100. ) " That they are ca- pable of learning- all kinds of the more de...licate manual la- bours, is proved by the fact that nine-tenths of the artificers in the West- Indies are negroes : many are expert carpenters, and some watchmakers. The drawings and busts executed by the wild Boshman in the neighbourhood of the Cape [of Good Hepe, ] are praised by Barrow for their accuracy of outline and correctness of proportion. " Among the inhabitants of Africa "several have been known as very dexterous sur- geons. " (Recs under Man. } In the kingdom of Benin the phy- sicians draw blood by means of cupping-glasses, and excel in^ healing wounds and overcoming the effects of poison.
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