Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-04-23
THE SLAVE TRADE.

IlIE SLAVE TRADE.
Ii is known that no,w outstanding the efforts Of Gfest
Britain, joined with those Of the United States the squad
runs OF both nations acting In conccr, The Coss, Of
Africa for lis suppression that the slave trade has moi
been suppressedj IL has not been diminished. Within
few months past indeed cruisers have captured
three four slavsrs; asd doubtless captures MAIDS
irom ,imt To time by the British cruisers
The radical detect Of the system pursued by both
ons be that all efforts atop this sfiic
confined to the Tho evil itself generated shere
u the SLAYER. who Of course dexieuus and wachtu
and provided with FAST sailing vessel once &c, of
um shore with his cargo. his chances OF many
The wide ocean is before him, and knowing the usual
hnnnts o The cruisers, he probaby ouisa them lie
has the chsnees of eudng discovery the chances Of
cape, Il discovered-all in his favor.
The following extract from an article in the Mary.
land Colonization Journal, by the editor. DIR. Halt,
who Is general agent for tho Mary land Colonization So
eley sets oIh this subject In strong light DIR. Hall
has been much In Africa. both as the founder Of
the Colony al Cape Psmas and for the purposes Ut
commerce:
The slave trade has. Of late years. been carried
something IN this way, (laklng Callinas Tor example,
with which We are well ncquslnied) Here are nome
five or ten factories they are termed. established by
wealthy merchants IN Cuba Poro Rico. with branches
Of their houses. Confidential esponden,s in New
York, Liverpool. llavre, and elsewhere as they may
have occasion. The factory Is IN charge vi of the
partners Of Tho house, confidential agent, who does
the business on commission. lie goes out 10 Ganas
/
as they are not ye, aave, and enters into treaty with
some king. Influential chief. or head,nan who can
| command plenty of lsboreu. lha chief builds him
houses for residence. for his goods and strong bacade
for the slaves, all perhaps enclosed with another strung
barIicade Of split plank rails, pointed top. he
whole is called a bsrrncoon lie then Distributes his
caIgo among Tho trade OF the tribe, who 10 into the
country bush 10 buy slaves, aud rice and other pro-
visions which TO feed them. lie also orders To be
constructed large canocs, capable Of carrying safely
| throu iha ~ hnr fiv n
time is appointed al which the vessel with certain sgs
mails is 10 appear s the landing ready for the reception
VI the passengers a. they faneiiousy termed; and
good look on, Is kept hom the top OF high tree. or
some exalted station with powerful telescope for the
expected vessel II she appears and man>oi.wur in
sight she is informed of by private signal and stands
oil again 10 sea. This mnnoeuvre Is perhaps often
pea'd perhaps the OF war il led chase.
onlsailed, and left 10 the leewarc Of the port,
tho SLAYER slips in drops her anchor, and in four hours
receives her complement Of two. four or sx hundred
slaves and is of. Or II the cruiser holds anchor,
private signal Is given 10 tho SLAYER, To run down 10
Cape Mount up to Shebar; and the slaves either
transported land 10 her anchorage ground.
out in the night through the surf aud nong the
To their vessel Or perhaps this vessel and the
nnd ths next, may be captured and tho fourth even
the h succeed, and and above oil these losscs.
large profit is realized. Now all this time. the officers
of The cruisers know TINT these slaves ready for ship
waiting vessel. The know ,ha, In this one port
OF river mouth from two TO ten thousand slaves,
chained and stalled, ready for shipment. They know
tina, one well armed boaf crew. could land and scatter
the whole population. Spaninrds and natives and be,s
all the slaves But mol they can't do II, they must
catch them the run. So say their masters. Nov
strange may seem, this identical policy has been
pursued for the last years. ut the expense u millions
Of pounds 10 the English government and the sacrifice OF
thousands Of their best officers and seamen with the
facts before their eyes, that the numbers Of the victims
Of this trnfic have not decreased but their iorues and
sunrTngs have been augmented an hundred fold Leg.
| isiatipe icisdom"
The ineliclcncy Of the system long pursued has u
length been virtually acknowledged by Great Britain In
The late treaty between that nation and France, relative
10 The slave ,rade. II is stipulated that Commissioners
shall be appointed by the two Governments To with
the native African Chiefs obtain their consent
TeInquish the Traffic and their operation In measures
To prevent it, This is TO strike nj The roo, Of the evil
Dr. Hall shows clearly that without the aid Of he kings
and hcadnen of tribes, The SLAYER would be totally pow
erless II would be impossible for him 10 pick up
go along the Coast, either BY purchase theft There
must bs baTraco0n erecied the slaves be collected
by the chiefs In connection with white agents. there
must be system Of well>underslood arrangements be,
w the parties shore and the slavers on the coas
u the chiefs themselves approached and presents
offered TO induce them to give up their agency in this
business, and 10 discounenance II, lawful traffic ~
other things being substituted, the source Of the evil
would be reached at l any refused to do this;
IT, after entering into the agreement they should prove
teaeherous, would be easy for the cruisers ascertain
where baracoons eeced they could send in their
boas. destroy them, and punish the chief upon whose
territory they might BIZ found.
But II is believed that The native kings would not be
unwilling To earnestly into the work of destroy ing
Ibis traffic in lie first elemenls "Nohng would induce
the natives in the vicinity of Cape PAIuas," says DE
kALB "io re engage in that business. A very old
at Grand Cess, who formerly head factor 10 on En-
glsh SLAYER, told 'lhem be bad times bad
much; true, We get plenty money then but all mans
heart grow sick for that business, all agree TO
knock of, and sell morc slaves since thai
time"
Our own Government is not party to The convention
this subject between England and France. To main
Tain the right Of our flag independent nation We
fused to admit the right of search and this was right,
We sent squadron Of our The Coast Of Africa
lake that the colos Of The Republic should not be
prosued by slavers in this odious traffic. This, too,
right. Il is 10 be regretted that the other step was
no, also akenei'her by ourselves alone. conjunc.
tim with the other nations. Along with spulaons
with the native chiefs Tor preventing the slave trade,
England and France will hardly fail them
selves certain advantages in the substitution of other
sis Of trade The French have already possessed them
selves Of the mouth Of the Senegal The English on
the GAmbaand from both Of these rivers they exclude
a. Io,C,t a,