The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-12-11

nights and very heavy dews. B. 9
and Progress of the North Amer
lean slave Trade. I
The follow ng impartial account of the ORR
gin of North American Slavery, places this
institution and its connection with the Ameri-
can people in its true light, and makeS mani
fest the glazing inconsistency Of some of the
recent acts of the British government and peo-
pie in relation to it-JOur Of Commerce.
In A. D. 1920, a Dutch ship sailed into the
Chesapeake, and landed a cargo Of slaves on
the James River. From that time to the pres
emit, negro slaves have been found in North
America. During the first century Of colonial
life, a few negroes were from time to time in
troduced into plantations. But the eighteenth
century opened with events deeply affecting
the future fortunes of the black race, and. strong
ly connecting slaves with the career OF popu-
lar government. By the beginning OF that
century, the once mighty empire Of Spain had
grown weak. The line Of her ancient mon
arcls was drawing to an end in the person OF
a feeble and dying sovereign: and the war
Of Spanish succession dashed the elements OF
strife into a foam. Louis XIV. wished to
place his grandson on the vacant throne OF
Spain; but EngI, nd and Germany resisted
his wish, and all Europe was thrown into the
uproar Of a ten years war. When 1t ended,
England obtained, as her share Of the sPoils,
a magnificent prize. Her prize was the mo-
nopoly OF the slave-trade. By the treaty OF
peace at Utrecht, in A. D. 1918, she gain
ed the exclusive priv eye Of bringing African
slaves into the Spanish West Indies, and to
Spanish America. Immediately companies
were chartered. ships built, and for thirty years
England was the active slave-merchan OF the
world. Her ships, and her ships exclusively,
visited the African coast for slaves; and an
Immense harvest Of profit was reaped from The
lunhoiy@trafic. The western shoEes Of Africa
everywhere bore witness to the activity OF hel
traders. and with British manufactures the
Christian nation purchased slavesfrom the black
pagan king on the African coat. These slavei
were shipped TO the Vest Indies, to the Span
ish Main, and to the North American colo
MES. Their importation into the plantations
was found a profitable mercantile speculation
and the English slave-shiPs entered with thell
cargoes into every port Of the tlan'ic south O
Maine
r But the, provinces at an early day dread''
!; the introduction Of negroes. They tried a
first by legislation on the subject, and Passe'
(, laws prohlbi ting their importation: but slave
were an article Of commerce, and Britain ma
! undertaken 10 regulate the trade OF America
The onti.slayery legislation they attempts
conssquenlIy came into collision with the leg
~,slation Of the mother country, and was null
r-l6ed. Repulsed here, they tried remonssranc
ubon the subject; but what did English mel
chants and manufacturers care for acolonia
: remonstrauce? II wac opposed 10 thelr inteI
EST. and was not worth the paper on which
was written The enduring Quaker m'gf
talk Of the lights Of food in the soul and aSSel
thai man was Of divine right free; the FUR
tau might demonstrate against trathcklng
il the image of his Creator; and the planter
r. the South might send his petition to the shron
al that he might not be overrun by negro slave
as bu, all these petitions, circumstances, ana sul
he lime truths. were unheard and unheeded in Il
ce onward laundering of the greal Juggernaut
in commercial interest. English merchants couI
ill ting their money, and eating their beef al
1t, p%upping, thought only Of making yellow gul
re cas- out oil the black Africans
"a, The c~olonists were, however, strenuous
as their opposition to the slave .trade' notwl'hsta
ira ding their legislation had been disregafd'
and their circumstances treated with negle'
in The Penns tried to abolish slavery, and PE
he vent the introduction of negroes into the pT
sw vince of Pennsylvania; but the ate npt tallF
Ter oelethrope excluded slavery from Georgia
We, the British government ordered their introdu
d. ton. Virginia persevered in her opposite
ne Hbnt !, saws Mr.. Madison, "the British govel
the ment constantly checked the attempts OF '
.ap Qinia to put a stop to this internal traffic"
BIT, South Carolina, like Virginia, tried TO close
will ports against sIuve-shiPsi but South CarOli
uId had recognized the right Of the British g
mn eminent to regulate colonial commerce, .
her resistance to the slave trade was ineiiec
ion al. These efforts did not set bounds to
vas dork current which interest caused TO q
bile from the African coast. The entire comm
Ose cial policy of England in reference 70
trade may be announced in a single sonten
I. as follnws: I.
IN. We cannot allow the colonies to check
,,od in any degree discourage a traffic so bsneh'
ri to the English nation.
So said the Earl Of Darmouth in A. D !,
! when the American jewel was falling u
the English crown. His earlship felt the
sion which urged the negro upon our co
u = -, and cleared at a bound all the hedges
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