1. Introductory
2. Sierra Leone and its surroundings
3. African characteristics
4. Fishing in West Africa
5. Fetish
6. Schools of fetish
7. Fetish and witchcraft
8. African medicine
9. The witch doctor
10. Early trade in West Africa
11. French discovery of West Africa
12. Commerce in West Africa
13. The Crown Colony system
14. The Crown Colony system in West Africa
15. More of the Crown Colony system
16. The clash of cultures
17. An alternative plan
18. African property
Appendix: 1. A short description of the natives of the Niger Coast Protectorate, with some account of their customs, religion, trade, etc. M. le Comte C. N. de Cardi
2. A voyage to the African oil rivers twenty-five years ago John Harford
3. Trade goods used in the early trade with Africa as given by Barbot and other writers of the seventeenth century M. H. Kingsley
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