American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-13
EXTRACTS


From the eighteenth and nineteenth reports Of the
Director Of The .9frican Institution. read at hei
Annual General Meetings. held in London on ths
il,h day Of May, 1924, and on the 18th day o
May, 1925.
PORTUGAL.
During the year 1892 thirteen Portuguese slave
ships having on board upwards Of 100 slaves, we're
condemned at Sierra Leone, for trading in slaves
north of the line. Some Of the cases involved per-
iures without end, and atrocities OF the most out
rageous and revolving kind and implicated IN the
guilt attending them Portuguese funcionaries on
the coast Of Africa OF the very highest class and
all of lhe cases afforded proofs OF The most repre-
hensible disregard ON the part OF The Brazilian au
ihorties, Of the stipuatons OF the treaties with this
country. The Iicenses granted to these ships per
mitted them, while their destination was declared to
be Africa south o the line, 10 visit ST. Thomas's,
Cameroons, Calsbar, sc. which no motive could be
assigned for their visiting, but that of carrying on
an Illicit slave trade. Nay, the authorities in Brazil
appear to have concurred with the contrabandists,
in giving fictitious names to places north OF the line
borrowed from places south Of the line, for the pur
pose ofdeceiYing the British cruzer. and the mixed
commission courts. The name Of Molembo, q
place south Of the line, 10 which The Portuguese
slave trade is still permitted has been transferred
for this proagate purpose, to place near Onim, in
she Blight Of Benin.
In the case OF one vessel the Condo de Villa Flor
taken with l12 slave. on board, 1t was fully proved,
that the governor Of Bissao was himself an inte
rested participalor in the Illegal embaikation o
slaves, certain number Of the slaves being his
property; some 0! them being catered in the me
moranda as shipped and received from his official
residence as if all decency was cast of from the gov
eminent of the settlement Such is the ,tong, but
IN nj he uAu 0f hf mi xrf
commission court The examinations in the case
develop the most complicated TISSUE OF fraudulent
expf dents Tor defeating the end. OF justice among
shem, fabricated log books, exhibiting voyage from
the Brazla 10 Cabenda, by way o, The Cape de
Verbs, when The real destination was Blssao; and
schedules pointing out the brbes by which the con
niyance OF the Judge. governor, &c. "M to be Sc
cured at the port OF discharge in the Braz,ls. This
vessel had already made several very successful and
ganful voyages under the shelter OF these ingenious
expedients The owner, in one Of his letters, de
clared his Intention Of putting end, by this voyage
70 his course OF slave trading, as, "prosded," he
says, +" that it were the pleasure Of the Almighty
that every thing should be placed in safety, the y
would have reaped good harvest" In consequence.
i may be presumed OF his capture this oc ason,
which prevented his gathering the lruits he had an
icpated, he appears, by the Sierra Leone Gazette.
10 have returned to the in the succeeding year,
snd to have successfully effected another voyage.
The directors will give the particulars Of only one
other case
The Portuguese schooner boat, San Jose MALAGA,
belonging 10 lady Of Princes Island, the daughter
Of Gomez, formerly the Governor AVID still mem
Der of the governing una OF tina, island, though
only OF the burden OF seven tors, was sent to Gala
bar for slaves Thirty slaves we're purchased, and
having been put on board the boat, il made .aii ior
Princes Island. But The voyage proved tedious
provisions bsgan 10 fail, and the allowance of ood
was reduced TO yam daily for two slaves At last
the provisions snd wafer wholly failed Ten slave
persisted and the whole must have shared their
Fate had not the vessel got back 10 Calabar after
having been Six weeks al sea. The surviving slave,
we're 10 she most deploraole state Of emaciator
nd wretchednes.. Nor was this 10 be wondered a
sor besides their prisason,. they were manaeled
together, and cooped up in vessel Ct only seven
tons burden; having no shelter but what could ne
afforded by the space between The water casks anc
the deck, space Of seven inches
In the year 1922, i, appears that % ,246 slave
we're imported into Rio de Jareiro alone, from III,
coast OF Africa. The number embarked had beer
3l,240.-3 484 having died on the passage. In on
vessel, containing 492 slaves, l94 had died in an
other. containing 63l,-2l3 had died in a ,hird
containing Ala Ans had died &c. &c.
The number imported into Bahia, in the sam
gear, waa upwards Of 5000