390. N A R R A T I V E O F A N
C H a.P. o f that ço^ptO'. tP be fo rriuch more r ich . and productive
x x v i- than our Weft Indies, Ihall we not drive , pur planters-
.• - from their worn-out lands5'7to. .fettle „on the- more fertile
fpot, under a government .which will allow a free importation
of negroès., while our object. (if w.e knew how to
compafs it) is- to reduce .an unlimited infiidtion of punifh--
ipentj which indeed our planters have by their own laws-
Hioft humanely reftrained * l
Such is indeed the love and confidence of fome planters,
for their flavesf that they, often entruft their infants to-a;
negro wet-nurfe, in preference to an European, where
both may be had ; and fuch, the attachment of fome
fiaves to their mafters, that I have, known many refufe
to accept,of their emancipation, and even, fome,..who had
their liberty,, voluntarily return to dependence» No one
is perfectly free in this , world, all mankind is depending,
upon pne anottop-HwhiJe I will b^g^.lpav^tq,
this laborious chapter,, by this gene^ah remark, that all-
fubluuary happinels exifts only in imagination, and may
ever he obtained,, where health of body and peace of
mind are not crufhed by despotic opprefiion.
* By a law pafléd in tie council, of
Jamaica,, the punifhment of a nègro iâ1-
ufually limited to twelve lafhesTbut never
exceeding thirty-nine.. In. Surinam I>
have known two- hundred- initialed on a-
f em a l e and 'was- ‘once the unfortunate;
occafion.of feeing it immediately-repeal
ed.. (See Plate XXXV.. VoLI.), .
C H A P .
m
E X P E D I f X O N T O S U R I N AM.
G H A P. : x x v h .
% ' Rape ó f ; the' R & h h ËMh&hh, and African
: Rofïküde — ihhhipo PiantdtUn — P’he
§||— mops. p H | re-enter
'$he WóoëS—'TRè P x0M m i
NOTWlTHS-TA§.DING thd füCdëMvè: defers and ré-
‘ péatèd diftvefics óf the rebels-, news Wa^bf óngm! 'iÓ
tb* iitfr o f Augtift“, fh ftfIfeJ ’ÏYMfalfètf
: rqiöte fhë' ’è^tè'PVr^ndih, or fftd Bhi'e SE^£,Whidh' is’kifo"
calfêd Klmkhf Parhajfaii fitliatèd rti the'h%hèf’p^r^ <MF Ibd
JRiver; Süfmaftf, and carïifedfWdy :all the Hlack Votbêri,'
althöWh a militafy póft Was ftanohed n e if the* above
pl^ f'Üu t withbfitteomhaittiïl^aiïy ïund of druèltyfas foö'
generally had bédn tnpq|cuftom. Upon this infélligcpoè a
party ro-f llie'raW^er^ vföS irlftahtiy detached "thitherlb J afti'ft
in purfuing them;' and“ abouf this fataë fimé' the longf
projected 'corÈên, ör path o f arcumvafiation föttnd the
coïodyfWiS alfo began tö b b c u h f y fèvbft hurldréd negfó
ilaves;I which path was henceforth to be manned with
military piquets at proper diftanc#^, to defend the eftates
again ft any Farther invafion? from without, and to prevent
defertion to the enemy from within.
' Mounf Parnafius, which' was the fcene of the fate rape-.
o f the Sa&nes, is fituafed on tlië Weft fide of the River
P p a Surinam,
• e n A P.
. XXVII.
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