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DURING the pace of the lat five years, prior to the breaking out of the diturbances in North America, the iland of Dominica was in a very flourihing ituation. The port of Roeau, which was then a free port, was reorted to by traders from mot of the foreign Wet India ilands, as well as from England and North America.

The French and Spaniards purchaed in this iland great numbers of negroes for the upply of their ettlements, together with great quantities of merchandize of the facturefactures [sic]