Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-29


Save trade.
CHAPTER II.
Hhe method or fHinn out n Stare rcsse' t1kirg and
3frIaSroHinr s'orss,-fteir food, treatment dc.
slave vessel is fitted ont with two decks that is,
like soop-of war: ona is III. upper or spar deck.
the next below, being The be til or slave deck aid un.
d-rneaih this the hoI for The storage If goods and
provisions. The berth deck is Cited with ring. bolts
whch the Negroes are ch1ned 10 in c-.c they are
Troublesome and is gc.araly dola as soon as they
are ti ought on board.
Upon arriving on the coast the c7ctn;n having seer
lh,t the corst is csar rro"c DIS NJ nrre +, Take in his
cargo OF 1--we stock which is the chrrt of his appcr
nnce T,erc are regular eepois established along the
c'ast for the purpose Of furnishing tn. vessels which
appear OIL there with negroes. They always pnr.
chaself'r En.sh manufactures. and cut Of this FACT
singular ns it may nrrenr, shall deduce par of the
interest Of these 6iSin!eresicd Brirons. These
FIXTURES from England to Rio de Jnneiro for
this secret purpose in large quantities, and are tran
skipped from thence to Angola and Denenea. the
principal slave dcpots, in American BOTTOMS When
vessel therefore arrives on the coast for slaves they
all ready ncca1ted for and there is nothing 70 do
bat shipthem on board soun as possible and SCI
sail. The whole transaction is p. rfornlr by ey
sve aaenc es organized throughout Brazil. and the
coast in which The English merchants Of Rio de Ja.
nero have small share.
The vessel hound to the coast Of Africa proceeds to
some hay in'e, forty fry miles from the
aforementioned where she may he in greater secu,'y
She then receives board the live cargo often INES,
having no choice Of weather, THROUGH tremendous
surf where many lose their lives. For shonld the
conductors of the hoTt miscaculatr in their h1se,
Which they FRI qicn'ly do, the weight which will
bear, upon arriving in TIE surf they do not hesitate
long abllt throwing fnur five Of them overheard.
Once board, rhev dnub'e-ironed and CHI lined
down to the slsvedeck, where they remns generally
spen ing the whole voyage at least, until confine-
n'ent with It's attendant evils ha- so weakh nd
enaci''ed them, to render them perfer VI ~
less As soon possible sitter ih-r Shipment ~
vessel which hears them, weighs anchor from their
native shores, and they torn from lheir friends ~
kindred, never again to meet unless as slaves if o
foreiln land!
They are packed in the We. FL like salmon in bar
rel, that the funes airs and filth RAPIDLY ncrumu.
! late and breed disease in IT'S most horril nature
! amongst them. The srn.1oy proves their hes,
friend in relieving f-in the cruelty ani r1rr ~ NJ
thos.. n'ture their rro,-"ros II 1855 Ike ,h"sc
they are often ines thrnwu ovcrnp ~ eo" trey are
dead. We have known vessel cooper u,h,.ossi
O. Ernz Of between 200 and 400 bur1en Ioad.d
win Ioiil u 'UU negroes N the conan 'reninr I
thl- voyage, and dIrnI that VOYAGE have last 200
by the smallpox, or one l!rd Of their whole number
These slaves during their passage The south
ern i'!anc are fed npon Farrd lice fonr, a spe-
cles Of root indigenous 10 Brazil boiled in the Slips
c,?pers and from one 10 two pinls Of water per day
When chalncd to the deck they are fed, but when I'M
der any circumstances they released from their
bonds, they eat a. best they can out of large wood
Ell platter the strongest lnkng the ions share.
J Other per's best them the ocean, which we
shalt mention, when speaking of the capture Of a
slave vessel by mnn-nf war.
After having arrived at their destination, they are
landed as they received on board some fifty miles
from any city: they then marched up TO the slav,
market, walking spectre rs they are, md there sold
TO their future masters and here we end chapter 2.
TIA he contiruod1