The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-11-16

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.ssmen. made it an object in every place
l,,t | happened to visit; but so much allKe
their appearance, in their treatment ana
,hs conduct observed towards them, are
1 |, domestic slaves in that country and the
Freemen, that found it impraoticable' un-
- went to make individual Investigations,
L. ascertain that proportion. And again; u
-, never able to discriminate between the
=, and the domestic slave Of any chief"
&rur,her, "Field labour is performed by tree
&neople, and by the domestic slaves Jointly
II nd indiscriminately
Mungo Park, in his account OF the Man
,,;npoes. SAYS, "In the account OF the natives,
.he reader must bear in mind that my OBJ
seryations apply chiefly TO persons OF tree
condition, who constitute, ! suppose, not
more than one fourth part of the inhabitants
- large: the other three fouIths are in a
state of hopeless and hereditary slavery,
and are employed in cultivating the land, III
in the care Of cattle, and in servile Offices OF
al kinds, much in the same manner as the
\ slayes in the West Indics.* was told, how
ever. that the Mandingo master can neither
denriye his slave of life, nor sell him to a
stranger, without calling paiaver on his
conduct; or in other words, without bring
ing him to a public trial. But this degree
of protection is extended only to the native
or domestic slave. Captives taken in war.
and those unfortunate victims, who are con.
demned to slavery for crimes or insolvency,
and in short, all those unhappy people who
are brought down from the interior coun-
tries for sale, have no security whatever,
but may be treated and disposed OF as the
owner thinks proper. It sometimes hap
pens, indeed, when no ships are on the coast
that a humane and considerate master incor'
porates his purchased slaves among his Go
mestics; and their offspring at least, II no
the parents, become entitled to all the pr
yileges of the native class. ."-Trav. p. 49,
Again the same intelligent traveller, ate
describing the various employments OF tn
natives, adds; "In all the laborious occnpa
tons above described, the master and hi
slave work together, without any distinction
of superority."- 322.
And further on he applies to the slaves i
general, nearly the same remarks as ha
been previously made with respect to til
Mandingoes. "The domestic slaves, or thos
born in mans own house, are treated wit
more lenity than those that are purchase
with money. The authority of the maste
over the domestic slave, as ! have elsewhel
observed, extends only to reasonable corret
ton, for the master cannot sell his docesti
without having first brought him to pul
lie trial before the chief men OF the place
Here he subjoins in note, "In time of fan
inc, the master is permitted to sell one
more of his domestics, to purchase prov
sions for his family; and in case Of the ma
ter's insolvency, the domestic slaves a
sometimes seized upon by the creditors, al
if the master cannot redeem them, they a
liable to be sold for the payment of his deb
These are the only cases that recollect,
which the domestic slaves are liable to
sold without any misconduct or demerit
their own."-p. 324.
The difference between the domestic a
the purchased slave. as we'll as the dtfcrer
between the slavery Of Africa, and the we
ern world, is illustrated by the following
ecdote, taken from the Privy Council repc
.sThere is man there, viz at New Z
abar, called Amachree, who has m'
influence and wealth than all the rest OF
community. though he himself is purch
ed slave brought from the Braspan count
he has offered the price of an hundred sla
for his freedom; but according TO the law
the country, he cannot obtain it; though
master who is an obscure and poor ind'
ual, would gladly let him have it. 1t is
trary to the fundamental law of the cour
that a purchased slave should become II
and the priests, who are interpreters
guardians of the laws, are afraid, II 1t she
be permitted in the case of this man, OF
tablishing dangerous precedent"
LUDOVICUs
'As from other parts of the Narrative 1t l
bundantly evident that the treatment OF dol
tic slaves in Africa differs essentially from th'