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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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An English merchant in Port-Royal, Jamaica, reports that a Gold Coast slave he bought two years ago claims to have discovered vast ivory deposits in a forest near the sea in West Africa after escaping captivity, potentially benefiting the Guinea trade.
Merged-components note: This is a clear textual continuation of a letter from Jamaica describing a negro's discovery relevant to the Guinea trade; the second component's label changed from domestic_news to foreign_news to match the overall content.
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A fellow here, a gold coast negro, whom I bought two years since, and can already speak English, has made a discovery, which if founded on truth, may turn out very advantageous to the Guinea trade.--He says, that several years ago he was taken Prisoner in a great battle between a neighbouring nation and his own, and soon after finding an Opportunity to escape, he fled a long way to the South West ; in which course he crossed a forest within view of the sea, where he affirms there lay elephants teeth in quantities sufficient to load a hundred ships:--The negro was naturally induced to speak on this subject, by having been employed to unload a vessel which had a quantity of ivory on board. Time perhaps may make something of this discovery.
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Foreign News Details
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Gold Coast
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potential large ivory deposits sufficient to load a hundred ships, advantageous to guinea trade if true
Event Details
A Gold Coast negro, purchased two years ago by an English merchant in Jamaica and able to speak English, reports discovering quantities of elephants' teeth in a forest near the sea after escaping captivity from a battle several years prior by fleeing southwest.