Buxton to W. Ferguson, 10 Oct 1839
About his interest in the paper he had sent him advocating agricultural settlements in Sierra Leone, asking what measures he would advise, and warning him to let him know as soon as possible as he was leaving England. He writes of the impossibility of admitting coffee from Kaikandy [Kakande?] at a lower duty unless the indigenous people ceded sovereignty to Britain. He shows interest in Ferguson's claim that the majority of the liberated Black people in Sierra Leone were of the same people as the Yoruba, a fact that Buxton thought he might exploit for establishing further intercourse there. Finally, he asks how many Africans were then being educated in England. (Copy.)
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- Creation: 10 Oct 1839
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2 pages
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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 18, pp. 399-400
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