Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaboons
Literary usage of Gaboons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Negro in Our History by Carter Godwin Woodson (1922)
"There came also the gaboons, who were physically weak and consequently unsuited
for purposes of exploitation. The colonists imported, too, ..."
2. Plantation and Frontier Documents: 1649-1863: Illustrative of Industrial by John R. Commons, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1909)
"... which are diversified only by sensible local causes; but the gaboons are
anomalies in nature; and it is to be lamented that any of them should be ..."
3. Travels in Brazil by Henry Koster (1817)
"It is with difficulty that the gaboons * Mr. Edwards mentions some of the Gold-coast
negroes, or those of the adjacent countries, and gives as an instance ..."
4. William Penn as the Founder of Two Commonwealths by Augustus C. Buell (1904)
"... voyage would take a triangular shape, the "third leg" being a cargo of human
chattels from the "gaboons" of West Africa to the isles of the Caribbean. ..."
5. The cruise of the Midge by Michael Scott (1842)
"... gaboons, belonging to Prince's Island, fifty-four slaves and a crew of fifteen
men ou board each. The slavers were surveyed by the officers of his ..."
6. The Universal Traveller: Designed to Introduce Readers at Home to an by Charles Augustus Goodrich (1836)
"The gaboons are also tall and comely, with great muscular strength; they are,
however, less esteemed, from their exceeding impatience of the state of ..."
7. The Negro in Our History by Carter Godwin Woodson (1922)
"There came also the gaboons, who were physically weak and consequently unsuited
for purposes of exploitation. The colonists imported, too, ..."
8. Plantation and Frontier Documents: 1649-1863: Illustrative of Industrial by John R. Commons, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1909)
"... which are diversified only by sensible local causes; but the gaboons are
anomalies in nature; and it is to be lamented that any of them should be ..."
9. Travels in Brazil by Henry Koster (1817)
"It is with difficulty that the gaboons * Mr. Edwards mentions some of the Gold-coast
negroes, or those of the adjacent countries, and gives as an instance ..."
10. William Penn as the Founder of Two Commonwealths by Augustus C. Buell (1904)
"... voyage would take a triangular shape, the "third leg" being a cargo of human
chattels from the "gaboons" of West Africa to the isles of the Caribbean. ..."
11. The cruise of the Midge by Michael Scott (1842)
"... gaboons, belonging to Prince's Island, fifty-four slaves and a crew of fifteen
men ou board each. The slavers were surveyed by the officers of his ..."
12. The Universal Traveller: Designed to Introduce Readers at Home to an by Charles Augustus Goodrich (1836)
"The gaboons are also tall and comely, with great muscular strength; they are,
however, less esteemed, from their exceeding impatience of the state of ..."
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