Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-18

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while the slavc-traler could not 90 up to
Sierra Leone aud purchase with his
doubloonS in his hand the condemned
SLAYER, Mr.. Roberts could go there and
bring her down to Monrovia, anchor her
off the harbor, and sell her almost immc.
dialcly TO that slave.tiader, for the OK
press purpose of filling her hold with
slaves at Galinhas.
But it appears that there is a reason
for the connection of the colony with the
slaye.trader in this way; and that reason,
so FAR us | can learn, is urged to be this {:
tho pecuniary condition of the colony.
You know it is no strange thing that coli
ored men should be Shareholders. for
such is the fact in this country. in Louis
lana and other States. Ii is judging hui
man nature by a very curious standard
to suppose that colorel men are cssenti-
ally different in this respect from other
men. DR.. Bacon, with whom | had an
interview This afternoon, informs me that
dealing in slaves was IL matter Of very
little at the colony; and | was
particular 10 ask him whether he had any
knowledge Of the continuance Of this
state OF things since he left in 1889. He
informed me that he had correspondence
communication with gentlemen who
have since been residing in the colony,
and who inform him that the practice
still continues. He said he had an in.
terview not long since with a gentleman
who, at The time, he Or. b. was there,
was a large STAKEHOLDER on the coast (Ca-
not, | think is the name.) who informed
him that the stale of affairs is precisely
as it was ten years ago. Dr.. Bacon said
that he could from the government house
where he resided take his spy.glnss al
most any day and look up the river to
the lille slave depot, about seven miles
from Monrovia and sec them loading.
Now, it would seem from these facts
that we can place no confidence in the
present Leading men in that colony, nor
in the representations which they make
oflhe influence Of that colony in the sup
preston of the Slave Trade on the
coast.
Last night | was put in possession Of
the Maryland Colonization Journal, which
contains Il letter from a gentleman in the
British navy, Iauding in very high terms
the accession TO the cause of human
freedom by the establishment Of tho A.
mcrican Colony on the coast. lie speaks
of the facility of blockade on that coast
by the British and American vessels, and
goes on 10 throw out the theory that there
can be no actual suppression oflhe Slave
Trade unless by the establishment of
such colonies as that of Liberia. He
says that since the colony has peer sta
toned there the Slave Trade ha. almost
ceased at Sierra Leone. But the fact is.
that the British captains who 90 on the
coast are not quite so well informed of
the true state Of things as those who
have resided in the colony; because, as
you are perhaps aware, British law is
very definite; and a British captain who
would connive in any way al the contin-
uance Of The Slave Trade would be likely
10 be broken. Hence while the British
vessels are on the coast-while they are
keeping up the blockade, there is very
little done in the way Of taking off slaves
from the vessels on the coast. 1t is un-
derstood that the slave-tradcrs calculate
upon losing about TWO cargoes in every
three that leave the coast, but lhcv OBJ
tain on the remainder as much as will
compensate for the loss of the other two
cargoes. In fact, they think themselves
lucky If they can save one out Of three
cargoes. The genlIeman's name who
throws out these facts, is Lieut.. Jackson,
believe. DR.. Bacon tells me hat the
mode OF the continuance Of The Slave
Trade there is scarcely known to the cap
lains Of the British vessels that lie off the
coast, because Liberiuns arc very eau
tious of the British and the Spanish slave
traders are very shy about getting into
the clutches Of The British vessels. He
says he has no faith whatever in the dec
l~aration that is continually being made.
that the colony is the chief DESTROYER of
the Slave Trade IN The coast. This
declaration has been made ever since
the colony came to be anything at all;
and he says, that even while he was
there he read. from American newspapers
which were sent 10 him, this Differentiated
declaration, when he knew that the Slave
Trade was then actually going on right
before his own door.
come now to speak of the cause wbv
the Slave Trade is carried on by The
people of the colony itself. DR.. Bacon
informs me that the leading cause for
their going into this trade is, the suffer.
ing condition of the colony. He says
that sometimes for Two or three DAVIS TO-
geIher the colonisls could not gel any.
Thing 10 eat ;-such, at least, was the
case when he was there. The schools
could not be kept up, because the chill
dren could not be sent on account ortbeir
not having enough to cat. He says he
has losl patient after patient, all from the
inability OF their constitutions TO stand up
under disease. in consennencn Of ihnir