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.Before tflefe wretches, .wdncfl might he .in all .about q h a p;
fixty.in number, walked a failor, add another followed ?x'
behind with^a bamboo-rattan ;"thjs pne ferving a flhepherd
fo lead them along, andthe other, as his'dog to
worry ‘them occafionally, ^ o u ld any* one lag behind, or
wap-der'away from.the flock. At the'fame time, however,'
equity demands the acknowledgment, that inftead.
of all tflpfe ,horrid and delefted countenances which are
defcribed in pamphlets' and news-papers, I perceived, not
one Angle dpV-flcaft look amongff them all; ^nd I muft
add, that the punifhment of the bamboo^ was inflidled
with: the utmoft moderation by the failor who brought
up. the rear. ‘
Having viewed this fad affemblage of my fallow-creatures
withramazeme.nt, I. drove home, to mydodgings in a
ftateof perfe£l humiliation; -where I noted,down, as I
could lparn f it from the ,beft sawlifo^ty^ bdth white and
.black,j-^hat is really the fate, of thefe people, from the
.laft moment of their liberty in Africa,, to the prefent period
of their fl'avery in,fAraerica: .and this I fhall endeavour
to relate, preceded by a few ofjmy 9wn. unbiajTpd
. fentiments .upon the. Slave, Trade, which,.has lately been
the object of both public and. private invefligation ; and
this, I truft, I fhall do with that candour and impartiality
which not .only every gentleman,, but every .man, Ihpuld
flunk it necelfary tp.be ppflefled ,pf.
It has beenlaid, Will yon, .fp^tfle fake of dunking rum,
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