The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-01-06

The Captain was then brought down /, |
them, and he and Stevens put into the e..
hold and Tie wounds Of the Captain dre,,
ed.
Madison, Ben, Morris and Ruifiu :,
surhed the sole control Of The brig, and a
on board. About day-brcak, BY order =
Merritt and Clifford, they made sail 6.
Abaco. Ruflin was all the time either !,
the compass or watching Merritt. Bcr
Madison aud Morris, would also watch NJ
compass by turns.
RuiIin, when he Jaw Merritt mark ona,
slate The altitude which he was takp,
compelled him to rpb out the words
writing and make only figures aud mari,
on the slate, for fear that Clifford arI
MERIT, might communicate secretly 3
that means. Clifford spoke 10 Mer,
about the reckoning when Morris GA
them, !! they talked any more to each oil.
err, one or bo,a would 10 thrown o,e,
board. Morris, Madison, Rufin and b.,
kept their knives out all the time.
number oil the others Of The 10 who we,s =
in the ARRAY, had knives, but none Of Il
other negroes had knives or took an q
with the .smusinuers. The other ee,v,
all remsined at their regular sis,ioss
where they had been placed at The beau.
ming Of tho voyage, except that the maa
slaves were not in the iorchold--,ho can
tain, his family, and the second mate L.
ing confined there. None but the 10 wes
into the cabin. They ate 10 the rasa
and the others on deck, as they !iad dons
the whole voyage. The 10 were RI
qucntly closely engaged IN secret coryss
sation, bos the others took no part 10 /,
aud appeared not 10 share 10 their co.'s
j dence. The others were quiet uud IA
not associate with The mutlnecrs. The a
~ word that passed the others and the Il
were when the others asked them for -
ter, or grub, or something OF the aind.-
The others were Kept under as much
the whites were. The 10 drank liquor
the cabin and invited the whites 10 ID
them, but not the others negroes. Nak
son gave orders that tho cooking for !,
J, but the o should be as il wes before, a.
appointed the same cook for them,
}, The 10 said tina, oil they bad dane u
for their freedom. The others said ga
ing about il. They were much afraid
the 10. They remaiuad forward Of
main-mas,. The 10 tooa possession
! the after part Of the brig, and stayi
! there the whole time or were On wal
Some Of the nineteen were hnEging Tie
, male servants in the cabin, and obe
| them said ho had picked out one Of IA
for his wife, bu. none Of the other 10 q
, died al all WITH the women Slaves.
/ The oaly knives found atfcr tho alIir
were two shcGth knives belonging 70
sailors, the Captains bowie knife and
jack knife. None q the other nee;i
had sny other knives. Madison 80
! times had the bowie knife, and scmetasz
} Ben bad IL. No other negro was sces
, have that snife. On Monday ALTERED
s Madison got the pistol from one Of
: nineteen, and said be did not wish titsr
' have any arms when they reached Mad
d The nineteen paradcd the deck arz
r. while the other negroes behaved pfcess.
/, as they had done befofc the mtltnly.
!, About 10 o'clock p. H., 0f the eth
! of November, l-4l, they made tho
. Of Ahaeo. Ben had the gun. Aboel
o'clock, 2. NJ, he fired OF Sscveas IS
: came on deck as already stated. Mer
aud Clifford alternately scpt watch. -
Madison, RatIia ard Morris kept waisA
J tlnns, The whole time ,ip 10 their arrira
I Nasuu, with knives drawn. So cice
; the watch, that il was impossible 10 rcs1
the brig. Neither passengers, cGlices
! sailors were allowed TO Communicate
each ether. The sailors performed i
usual 5nties.
! Tie pilot who came on board rs
, Brig approached Nassau. and all bis n
N the Pilot Boat serc negroes. Tbs
lot was acting under the legal au,hofsE
the Island. lie aud his men. on cor
on beard, mingled with tho slaves nas :,
them they were frecmen, that they cts
20 on shore and never could he carr
away from there. One Of The rilot'sp
told one Of tho female slaves that he da4
claim her for bis wife.
The regular quarantine officer csI
along side, and Clifford went 1n shore
bis boat. lie conducted Clifford 10
American Consul, who accompanied b
10 the Governor Of New Providence 81
all the other bahama Islands, Gias
ilIen related TO the Governor al the iaa
! relating to the voyage, from Richmonda
that port. The American Consul, il y
half Of said vessel and all itssrrusea, :
/ qucsted Of the Governor that lie shos
send a guard on board TO protect the 70
sci and cargo, and keep the slaves on bsH
TIL such time as they could know va
they could do. The Governor did 80, q
sent guard of twenty.four negro soldsa
with loaded muskets and bayoncts, in d.
isli uniform, commanded BY white q
Ger, who took possession of the vessel a.
/ all the slaves.
From Tuesday The 10Th, till Friday q
18th day Of November, they tied ~
blacksmith, Addison. RuiIin and Ncrns
put them in q long boat, placed seal1
oVrr fhat, ...1 C.f ,t..,.. DO. Tfei