APPENDIX
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!‘.n o t everywhere be heard, by .which.- many- villains wo.u-ld. become .hotQ.riousiV .A. son' •
“ is therefore only exhibited to the,afflicted father : he sees him in a.pitiful condition
££ linked with fetters, and it is frequently at such a; moment that the ranSoin :isragreed
ie on. , ïh e grief wherewith a father’s heart is .pierced at such.a sight, the. rapid.succes-
“ -sion.of his emotions from grief and despair to hope-a-nd longing, when contrasted
££ with the deliberate calmness with which a .covetous purchaser knows how to !take
“ advantage of the poor man’s distress;^ the indifference,'.the. obstinacy, with which
“ he persists in his bloody demand o f each rix-dpllar, each stiyer, nay'almost o f each
££ penny ; in a word, every thing that pan have any relation to' such a striking spec-1
££ tacle, can be more easily conceived than described, and we have -said 'enough.]to
£< exhibit the abomination o f proceedings, which cannot .fail tpi have a. most, per-
££ nicious influencé' upon society.
<c But it'may he said, the laws and regulations speakvin.fayour o f the'oppressed.
“ We have shown ajfeve, in what manner government havege^dêay.gpt4d,,fron} tiïöéfto
£e tune, to provide against such abuses, and to this we beg leaye tofreferfo-but where
“ avarice is predominant, laws, reason, rights, humanity, all that i s sacred, are too
“ often compelled,to yield. Besides, various obstacles conspire* which time.andjloca'l
££ circumstances have engendered, so that in spite o f .the most salutary jstatutes (which
£Jiare indeed so far nominally in force) the evil cannot. b e . effectually chepked p.and
“ experience has taught os, that the most rigorous, orders which. government could
££ devise, would b e insufficient to make a due provision against .the increase o f these
* w i r tBUi ’
« Those, whose fate we have now .hastily drawn, .are not. always- stolen by' foreign
££ nations at distant places. N o : about and near th e bftusësîôf ,our own inhabitants;in
<: our k a m p o n g s , within- our own town, it very often happens. * Aiiuipferëus gangf-oï
“ villains,. known by the name o f bondsmen { v t ^ q % d e l i n g ) y with a'nutnber-of whom
i £'every slave-trader is careful to prpvide' himself according, to« bis .means, are udost
“ useful instruments in procuring slaves in the easiest and cheapest, way ;■ and being
“ instructed in a ll the arts o f villainy, and eager for prev, they' rove about-iii-gdngs
“ during the night and at unseasonable hours, and.if .succpssful in overpowering soinë-
<£ one, they carry the victim to their employer or to,,"any. .purchaser,', and» it-.is -very
“ seldom that anything more is heard o f it, than that such a '.one .hasilost-bis slave;
<£ or that such a “native is missing. The stolen man, .woman; or chilcfytiji already1
££ chained and shut up within the prison, o f some slave-trader, which is never visited.
££ The slaves for foreign markets are always carried onboard at night; and if a
“ stolen person were either free-born, or the slave of. an inhabitant, he dares:>npt:
“ make himself known as long as he is in his rayishfef’s handg^iforfin that case .they
“ would kill him immediately, even were it before the door o f the person who wanted
“ to buy him, whilst the robbers would have no difficulty in getting out o f the way,
“ and beyond the reach o f justice. _
« Those who are trained to this business, . whether bondsmen or slaves (for even
“ amongst this latter class o f people thieves o f men are often’found), are very fertile
■ « jn
« I n all.'Jyn'ds' of^igtrigues ,to, accomplish. their, en d s; for. except casual victims who
F? sometimes ^ 1 ^ a e ^ id e ^ k t h ^ o lu t c h e s ,- ,^ considblp&tftnWwill often elapse
I S b e ^ e they jsuc.efeedt.in secu^jng t h e ^ o h j ^ h e y have: marked out for their prey '
it ''cannot be done
, Sreat,p^ecautioi^.jfor hft.Waiilffider.tainky,, sacrifice? his ow m o r th eir
I & if f e s 4 q iP x e se fy ^h is,lib e rty ;..they^thereforedie,in w ait-fo rh im ariong,, time, endea-
fe '^ n d ir e c tj m e a n s jo , p d e e ^ j u a i p j a n c e w ith -him,; in -o rd er <to gain his
^ co n fid en c e ,.a n d ; then, w e ^w il^ ffift saydalways, toi cpp<lu.ct..or allure him in to th e
r # i f U ^ & l a y e ^ d ^ t i o r , o th e rw is e ,,a s < js .• sometimes, th e case; * to lea d
■’ or.aJdea.st. to some, distance from; h is ,house,' wheA h e imme-
£ hiiQselT a ttack ed byjyyfi „or thuee. mfJhes^-.ruffians; .who; have long
W ^ e y io u s ly , agreed,with;ch is,p re te n d e d ,frie n d ^ and befof e ;h e has time to p u t himself
H h,s- '^ ' W ia a lre a d y wrested from him,
m m l m i i r i bac > . ^ 3 W c M . r h e lp .w p u ld 'b e im m ed iate ly fata l
\,§ ,° to . suffer him se lf .to b e sold as a
slave by th e ruffians j jh o had previously a rra n g e d w h e re fo c a rry h im . .
r / j ^ h y - s p e h violations a reso^seldom m ad .e-p u b lfejin cith iev es oft mennfte sofrarely
dejected, many sufficienft-reasons pmy be assigned. ; ^ i n s t a n c e : the profound
tf secrecy, oftthe prisons,; the clandestine manner in which slaves.for.traffic are carried
1 onboardftn the dark of, the night; the sinister .manner in which the purchase is
transacted and confirmed;, the facftfcwith which.the- yillains are, able to'escape
“ ,wheij,-after sometime j.he theft becomes notorious; the'difficulty of making satisfac-
“ t«yy-,na ^ y # ijP llt-..a criineA o f^h ieh ^u t a few; of the.perpetratoreand their acchm-
tP ' Cf iire generally, withinjhe peach ftf justjeg, whilst ftieUtplen person is'still more
- S r a r 'yffPr^ ent?': M M H k l generallJ' .happens, in.sucl^a case, t.hat the most guilty
, get. oft; the still greater, Uncpmmpnness.yof offenders; of'this 'sort .being caught in
‘ - ® yery' .se.as.tp falLaft^pnce^to, the hand^qf justice; and finally; .the secret
■ protection which some native petty^ living upon plunder, afford to. their
Sp^iE^cts.., All these, and. many other. cfrciim#ances; combine to-facilitate the
« practice .o f kidnapping, which thus goes o n c o s t ,U n d is tu r b e d and generally
v - u . t l 1 '.'o F u - ' i : ■ .. , . ...... J
4«‘t, A.richfcitizpn, who has a suffi.ciejit number o f eniissaries called bondsmen, carries
« .on.bis trade muhh more easily than a popr.one .dues. ^ The- latter, is often’obliged
“ •to- S ° ‘ himse.1f,to the K a m p o n g . . B u g i s , pr plsewhere, to, take a vieW o f the stolen
“ ».victim and tpxapry, him home ^wh ilst the former quietly smokes his pipe, being
Jpsure that his thieves will, in every corner, find outjfor him sufficient game, - without
£fvhis exerting himself otherwise than indirectly. The thief,- the seller, the inter-
y„preter, .are d l acl^iye ip his. fepvice^because.they' are all paid by him. In some cases
“ the, purch^® -.unftps himself with t ^ s e l le r , ; on purpose to d.ecei’ye the interpreter •
J iw h ijstin o th e^ ca se sth e interpreter agrees with'the thief and pretended seller to
t ^ ^ s t p l e n person t o o the hands o f t^e purchaser!,, What precautions, what
« scrutiny can then avail, .when we reflect, .that the profound secrecy o f the prisons,
^ ^ “ and