In this gripping memoir, Joseph Hawkins recounts his harrowing journey to Africa in the early nineteenth century. Hawkins, an English trader and adventurer, offers a vivid and often disturbing account of the continent's natural beauty, cultural diversity, and brutal history of slavery and exploitation. His reflections on the cruelties of the slave trade and the struggle for abolition offer important insights into the moral complexities of his era and ours. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.