Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-04
SLAVE TRADE

institution. The measures of various Governments
on the Slave Trade, passed in review in this do
cument france, during thex,ast year, has improy-
ed her legislation THE subject, having subjected
10 banishment, and fine equal TO the value of shin
and cargo, on the parties concerned, together wit
confiscation OF the ship and cargo themseIves-
These, with Other penalties provided are indvpen
dent OF those incurred for other crimes commit ed
uurinS the voyage, such as the murder OF slaves
HE past year exhibits, however, little diminu,on
OF the French Slave II abe. II il the practice OF
the trades to have double sets of rspers their
own and generally the Dutch ALSO with which
they are eupplied al ST. Eus.atia, By conpiysnce
of the Dutch authorities. These are shown to
trench cruisers, while with the French they e!ude
English capture. a new law is, however, expect
ed In France. The Netherlands have indeed &C
coded TO mutual right of search; but their co.
!onial fnctionaTes place themselves IN opposition
TO the Government, which does not act with ade-
9Iaie vSor. Spain evinces one vnvarying course
OF evasion IN the colonial fun tonaries, and indf-
terence, 1t not fai,bles.ness, in the Government
and though the number oi Spanish slave ships con-
demned in the last year at Sierra Leone, is only
six, yet the number boarded was immense; ihey
swarm on that coast. The Briii-h treaty with
Spain does not admit OF iheir detention, unless
slaves are found on board, though the indications
vi sIaye-trading are as clear as The sun, They
watch their opportunity. take their slaves aboard
IN a few hours, and sail for their destination
- The number OF slaves captured on board ,hes Sc
six ships was 1860; but one of them being ovetse,
Ia tornado, the slaves board, 10 the number of
l91, perished. The crowded state of these shrs,
and the sufsngs of the slaves from that cause and
from the ravages of ;'sentery and small pox, are
now become such accessory incidents of the trade
that they excite no surTri,e Cne case, however.
which occurred SO recently Feb uary last, NAV
be specified. 1t is that Of the Paulta, Antonio
ferrara, master, captured OF Cape Formosa by
Lieutensn, Tucker, of his Majesiy's shin Maid
yyi al ri
only 90 tons, and into this space were thrust So
men, 56 women, 80 boys, and girls. The on
ly provision found on board for their subsistence
was yams of tie worst quality, and fGiid waier-
When captured, both smallpox and dystenery had
commenced their ravsges. Thirty died ON the pss-
sage to Sieiro Leone, and the remainder were
landed IN an extreme state Ci wrechrdness and
emaciation."
1t appears from letter of MIR. Cannins's 10 the
British Ambassador at Madrid, tina; these vessels
are chiefly sent out from Havana and are euuirped
both fer trade and war; hut their trQIe is in human
Beings, and their tcar is piracy. Ii they obtain
slaves, they land them surIep'tiousIy at the back
OF Cuba. and enter Havana in ballast; if otherwise,
hey seize the first vessel they meet and if slave
ship, the better.
- An Instance is then mentioned as having re
Gently occurred, in which prize, with an English
prize crew, had disappeared, murdered as il j,
by these pirates In another instance the
etuno Brazilian slave ship, prize his Maesiy's
ship, E-k, was proceeding 10 Sierra Leone in the
charge OF Mr.. Crawford, Masters Mate, whea
she was boarded by the boat of Spanish vessel.
called the Caroallna, mounting ten guns The
pirate Captain and another, who were threatening
10 drag MIR. Crawford from the prize, were shot
lead by him, and the remainder of the boats crew
Jumped overheard, and resained their vessel. An
action ensued. when the pirate beat of, but
iot till one woman had been killed, and another
" ROUNDED OIL board the Netuno."
The iinciionaries at Havana appear in this mat
Ter OF the slave trade, TO feel M obligations either
Of humanity or national faith. Under The very eyes
OF the Commissioners, slave ships are fitted out.
g Some OF tie cases Of a very aggravated
ie-cripioD. In one case vessel, the Minerva. is
Chased into the barber by two British ships of
war. Notice is given Of the fact to the Civil and
Military Authorities; Officers of the Captain Gen
erals suite visit the ship, and see her living cargo
and notwithstanding all this, two hundred slave,
which were on board; landed in The presence
and actual view of the British Naval Oficers he
longing to the ships which had chased her; & when
this d.ssraceful proceeding is denounced, and the
incoRtesble evidence OF the facts laid before the
Local Authorities, there instantly seems a CONCUR
renee among them to take NO step 10 recover the
slaves and punish the delinQuents. All they think
OF IS to question thu suffcenCy Of the proof and 10
quIbb!e about the law of the case"
PORTUGAL Tor long time r-fufed to abandon
this trade on the score of tie necessities of her
"s"s-Ausnuc possessions. But though Brazil il
now independent the trade continues, and Portu.
gal has recently advanced claim to carry il on
for the supply Of her African islands, the Care de
erds, &c whence il is easy 10 take slaves to Bra
I'll or Cuba Mr.. Canning has however REPRESENTED
to Portugal her distinct e. gasereDt 10 use her flag
only for the supply Of her transatlantic posses
sonsi and the result Of the correspondence on this
subject is Undertaking on the part OF that mower
wholly to ex'inguish the traffic.
by a late treaty Of England with Brazil the Fl
nal period Of the Brazilian Slave Trade. is fixed
three years from its date, (msrcb, 1927 and the
SUBJECTS of Brszil concerned therein, are THENCE
forth TO be deemed guilty of piracy. Thus in 3
years, the Slave T!sde will cease TO have o legal
eSiateucs in any part of the world. Hitherto, the
brazilian enormies, made known at the Mixed
Commission Court at Sierra Leone, have been ex-
irene.
Between the Ist January, 1925. and 3lst July,
1926, upwards OF 500 Brazilian slaves were
condemned into freedom; and 1t appears, Gom the
Sierra Leone Gazette, that several porisnt cap.
lures were subsequently made. One, the Principe
de Gunee, freishted with COS slaves and strongly
aimed, was CALAMITY taken, after desperate resist
snce' by Lieut.. Tucker, In small schooner, ten
der to his Msjesty's ship Maidstone. Another, the
IBlIspiIa measuring only 100 tons, had on board
"4V slaves in 4 state Of great wretchednsss and
emaciaiion, 20 Of whom died in IS days. A third.
The l"vineible, with cargo OF 40 slaye4--.a num-
Der, 1t seems, CO short Of her full complement bu,
hess were 50 crowded together, that It became
absolutely impossibls TO separate The sick from the
healthyj SAD dysentefy, Ophhslmia and scuryy.
breaking out among them 1.-The provisions 6. water
being Of the orst kind, and tie filth and stencil
beyond all description --ls6 Of tho numbef Rad
pefished in less than 60 days"
Two Hrsz'lisn chips, brought 10 Sierra zone
ior tdJudcstI1n. were restored. because to' The,
Ae1 isi'H itei- dave' "a board Nonh Of ihs Inc.