The native American., 1840-06-06
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from work published in 1854 by B. WADsTRoM gentleman who
travelled extensively in Africa, and which all The referred
Slave s are debts wars crimes and and while the
mens Of this gentleman shows the bay this trade towards the ma
Of all those concerned The Slave Traders generally reckless and
be conceived Of enlightened mind fall far short of
idea the wkednes and misery contained the Of Mr.
One would that debts would be likely
much wckedness and but when the following facts togeh
they exhibit such slight investigation would not have
# African contract debt another person commonly the penalty
the same or stranger VINO sought
In child from its father by debtor and the slave
husband for debt and slave ship for her infant left be-
lind free boy with seized for his principals debt
'nd s carried off before he be redeemed.
proof the audacy afforded by the annexed
pretext
n.y. who from the SLAYER which he employed the Gold
full when encourage
debts for the privilege ol'he right of By distributing
bh them ard their people, and their strong 0g they
need for their for they have only The
Would superficial rank with the least e's s
g " h ph ne bt now h human trade exists; thew Door
taken the and civilized Now when
viewed closely these African involve the most horrible
enomy The Africans, afraid live detached into towns
e being corrupted by liquor largely credited by the slave factor who
chiefs paid Such
precisely the little Of the great mao traders against
| all the inferior chiefs around him.
From these others spring. and along train Of hoses follows
island from thence he carries vindcive predatory taking
from the muto trader who in return rea'es
emineny productive the trade The chief Of Qniapo attacks
the chief of owrah and sends his prisoners the slave factory me
obliged to redeem his people by paying two Tor one and at al
only productive one every great nation on the coast of Africa
involved in the rad native kings and chiefs in parts OF
any asvery for this traffic
Many them that they undertake for the sole purpose
procuring slaves The Fouas continually at for this purpose
The Mand"goes have when slaves demand
Slave factories sometimes neutral ground with sufficient
siding with each tribe the vessel receiving slaves will take the
and prisoners opposite side the hostile
the and chief will be sold to
factor who few hours before purchased slaves OF him.
we the SUPERSTITION the native African for believing
death by wcncra what prolific
this Many of the other have been slight and the
horror excited BY this traffic. whole t'wn excepted
shaved for letting slaves the mountains woman
menence A'd here let us remark that in all other earhaFous
particularly the where this abominabe traffic Two
sold by chief for his having his
craft changed himself leopard, fowls and
goats sold for causing sickness and another for causing
sold for his supposed theft which proved him this manner
he forced drink decocon of poisonous bark which producing DEATH
8 considered conclusive evidence of his guilt.
he instances given Of kidnapping are on In the Namga
country kidnapping frequent The its prevalence
deb impuny from the facility of selling the victims and cee
but justified only by the necessity Of having
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king of Sierra carried off different knappers
The falls in with of natives in the aot of KID
mapping free coonist from England kidnapped Another turns kid
himself but detected and punished by the and Council
No less than three British commanders disgrace themselves and flag by
selling without scupe the free found board Frenc In
Of these emen Sold of them of
he In second Others Of the the Sierra
In third four left board &C.
The preceding brief and indeed only the
formerly taken Sierra Mr. WApsrRom observes,
hat fairly that the the inland slaves differs
iay from that of the slaves from other of the the injustice
reace taking them and their wecheness
hardly fail to be somewhat similar in whatever of Africa such
take place.
Let this of human misery, for single be
mpated 1T be nbered that the above but nple of the
which upwards of hundred tn usan human being annual
gged from Africa by the civilized Europeans let all the rncomn
the blood split cutting off slave ships acts OF
board and shore be borne mind
drunkenness the eachery the unnatural sale of wives and children
eb anu io Nt ~ vi
sailors and faciors and the which them
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