Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-23

carry rainc ol The Europeans ~ slaves. Ia IN"
middle nges the Nenrsisns purchased white
men and Christians, and others, and sold them
to the Saracens in Sicily and Span IN Fog.
land, the Anglo Saxon nobility sold their scr.
wants as slaves to foreigners. The Portuguese
first imported negro slaves from Western Air.
ca into Europe in l442. Spain soon engaged
in the traffic, and negro slaves sbounded in Some
places of that kingdom. After America was 6:4.
covered, tie Indians of Hspanola were impor.
ted to Spain ond made slaves. The Speniards
visited .he coast of North America, and kidnsp-
ped thousands Of the Indians, whom they trans
ported into slavery in Europe .ni the West In
dies.
Columbus himself enslaved 500 native Anne.
ricans, and sent them into Spain, that they
might be publicly sold at Seville. The prac.
tice of selling North American Indians into fo-
reign bondnge continued Tor nearly Two cent?.
ries. Negro slavery was first introduced intn
America by Spanish Shareholders, who emgra.
ted with their negroes. 4 royal edict Of Spaia
su,hor1ed rrcso slavery in America in 1903.
King Ferdinand himself sent from Seville so
slaves to labor in the mines. In l5Ii, the ii.
rec, traffic in slaves between Africa ard Hispa.
nioln was enloined by royal ordinance. Lus
Csssas. who had seen the Indians vanish away
like dew before tho crueities ci the Spsniards,
suggested the cxpedient that the negroes, who
alone could endure severe tolls, might be suli
| further employed This was in 15lS The
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the slave trade which had been previously es,a.
blished.
! Sir John hawkins was the frst Englshnan
that engaged in the slave trade. In 1862 he
! transported large cargo Of Africans 10 tiispa.
niola. In 1867 another expedition was preps,
rcd. and Queen Eizabelh protected and shared
! in the traffic Fiawkins, in one of his expedi.
tions, set FIRE 10 an African city, and out Of 5000
inhabitants succeeded in seizing 260 Janus
Smith, Of Boston, and Tho+ Keyser, first brought
upon ;he colonies the guilt of participating IN
the African slave trade. In 1916 they impos-
ted a cargo of negroes ffoui Africa.
Throu chou; Massa chusetts the cry of Justice
was raised agains, them as ualefac,or. and
murtererS; the guilty men were committed for
the offence, and the representatives. of the peo-
pic ordered the negroes 10 be restored 10 their
native country u, the public charge. Al ,hs
latter period there were both Indian and negro
slaves in massachusetts. In l620a Dutch ship
entered James River, and landed 90 negroes for
sale This is the epoch of tho introduction OF
negro slavery in Virginia. For many years
the Dutch were principally concerned in the
.lave trade in the market Of Virginia.
Trr LOSSES CT TIVE AMRRicAS ARMv IN
Mrxico already BY sickness and in battle. ey-
cecd the whole inss cf our armies in the lals
war. which endured three years Exchange
paper.
The losses in Mexico In the three battles
fought, in killed and wounded, as Official ducu-
men,s show, is about 500 men. The loss by
sickness cannot SO accurately be oscer,aincd !;
reports, evidently greatly exaggerated, say 'roii
400 10 l0On. These reports have been su.
,heniicated by no official statement, and there
is strong reason 20 believe ,ha' 'he whole NUN.
Der Of deaths ty sickness does tot exceed .iv'
hundred. The corps Of Gen Wop, numherirg =
5000, on lis wsy from IsvaCca, to Preside Mon-
clova and Parras. the longest mach ye, m'dc
has, hy official reporte. not lost man. Gen.
Kearney, with similar number, reached Santa
Fe without losing plsioon. The voluntst-s
: on the low v ntcrs of the Po GrsndH hn?e ~
perieneed fevct and dysenpry, urd many Of
them have turned nome in consequence, but
= there is no reason Ia believe that the amount Of
. deaths exceeds the n;imbar ABOVE stated. We
have no snrers at hand o! comparison OF ths
number with the !ossess in the late war hlt
= ifthe American srmies got off with a loss OF
; 1900 persons only, IN the three yesrs war, they
+ were more fortunate than the British, whost
u Losses in a single battle exceeded that numtii
u Since the naUve was written we have sewn .
" table OF the killed. wounded aud missing m the
" American army in tweHty-to battles ard ss'f
. inches rpoa land dcrlng the warUi lei2. ln'
killed amounted to l34i, wounded 2J5i, m's
sing G9l ---,ot1 1855 exclusive of more osi
a thousand Y isoners As the most t-llan' ps'
OF the WAR for our arms was urcr the ws'rf
3 vAsse there were many hard sIugh. and b'onf,
n actous the loss mast have been nnea gffA''
than the above statement shows snd '"' eAesso
}. ing our losses in M xico.-Phila LedsT
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