Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-07-18

repor'ca 40 nave been captured, hav,
succeeded in getting off viii! thri. ""'e
goes. Robert F. Green of proy;do ,s'
late coLmmandcr Of the schr. Lisha
alias ~. captured in the act Of a.,
barking slaves. is at Cape Mount. w;,t ,
500 slaves waiting an opportunity ~. "
ship them to the Havana, or to h.,,
vessel sent out for them.
The manner in which most Of H.
slavcrs carry on the trade, is this. th as
sail from the United States to so", !
port in Cuba, with a cargo of blue ,"s
white cottons. India checks. nant;"
powder, muskcts, tobacco, &c. whs"'
they make skam sale of The ycysa
fpr tic purpose of procuring a Sc; .,
Spani>', papers, and the officers mats
oath that the cargo, entitled TO debpn |
tlrc, las been landed, and procure thu
requisite certificates, when every ART;
Gle remains untouchcd on BOARD. T!ey
then take on board a Spaniard, WIN
passes for the captain, but perhaps his
first voyage TO sea, hoist the Stanisl
flag and proceed to the coast Of Africa,
north IF the line, keeping three los
books, TWO in Spanish. one true and
the other false, and one in English
on arrival, the supercargu lands with
the goods, under coyer of the guns Of
the vessel, ON the beach, in huts erected
for the purpose, and sends circulars to
all the ncishboring kings, acquaiuts
them of his arrival. and that liz has /,
handsome assortment Of goods, which
he wishes TO dispose Of for slaves in .
given nnmberof days. They immed.
ately flock to his depot will, their slave.
which they exchange for goods, at tls
usual rate of 100 bars per head in the
mean time, the vessel is preparing rice,
wood and water, and when tie slayes|
are collected, they are all embarked mi
one day, and the same night the vessel
puts to sea, and if not captured during
the first night, generally succeeds in|
getting off. Their next plan is to a.
range the log book to be produced in
Cuba, which must shew that the slave.
were shipped south of the line, and the
vessel with her cargo is then admitted
to entry. When overhauled by the
English or Patriot privateers, they ex'
hbit American papers; and when By
the Americans, Spanish papers, by
which many escape capture and con.
dcmnatinn.
When Capt. ,.Hrcnchard, left the coas!
the rains had set in, and about half the
Cyane's crew were seized with the A.
frican fever, few Of which died /; but
since her arrival here, they have reco.
vercd in a wonderful degree, having
but one man dangerously i'll in the hos.
pitaI, a proof Of the heaiihiness at thu
ptsree.
A Patriot priyateer, under the CON-!
maud of capt. Moon, entered the hsr
Dor Of BoDayista on the 10th of thi,
month, and cut ont a schr. belonging
to a clab of unfortunate Spanish SLAVE
dealers, who had lost by capture and
condemnation their several vessels in
which they went to the coast, and who
had united themselves into club, pur.
chased, by disposing Of their clothes
and trifling effects allowed them when
captured, the schr. at a prize sale at
Sicrrc Leone, and came over to Bona
vista with a view of procuring credit
for a Cal go and return to the coast, and
to load the vessel with slaves; but their
prospects were again blasted, and noT
left pennyicss, and must return to their
friends before they can make another
attempt in the wicked traffic which they
are SD eager to pursue.
1t is a circumstance little extraordl'
nary to me, that the agents sent to Sc.
lcct a suitable place on the western
shores of Africa for colonizing the free
blacks of the United States, should
have selected the Island of SherbrO'
Though it is fertile, yet possessing no
harbors for large vessels, and not stua'
ted to command much trade with the
natives, besides tho most unheath!!
spot on the coast. Bulaln, situated az
the mouth of the Rio Grand, is Ter
tile healthy Island, with good harbOrs'
and its local situation for trade, the
best of any unoccupicd on the coast,
and will destroy the slave trace carrIeG,
on 10y the Portuguese up the river, anu
no one declares it unhealthy for tbs
part of Africa, except the English, VINO