New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-08
THE SLAVE TRADE IN NEW YORK.
Fro@ The Etasodi.t

~ hi Cry maa whe has been tried AID found
guilty OF being engaged in the slave trade. This is
sad 10 be The frat conviction ever obtained under the
law by which it wss made piracy. The testimony ia
the Gaze was ample And though he proiests against
biz condemnation the ground tlatheis aforeigaer
and not amenabie 10 Ire laws Of The United States
be does not deny tue fGct Of his share in tho business
He speaks Of freely and relates with unc )ncealed
tnolstOn the particulars OF his wild aud desperate
carer.
We have CHANGED to see and talk with this noted
captain IN his grieoR What he told wa not COM
municated il confidence, for he saw us before,
and oid not know who We were. bespoke 70 us
entire stronger. All our conversation was through
the graJtd ooOr Of his cell. We nude attempt =
gam BIZ confidence, - draw out the secret history
of bisfe. He told his story, not tx criminal
mskiDg Confession but rather with the freedom aud
prl6t Of ali OLD SOLDIER relating bis battles Nor did
he Intimate wish that what said should BE- Kept
pIvste. Indeed he had boosted % others OF his deeds
on the African coast His disclosures therefore, are
public property. some OF these are 50 curious as
TO be worth mokirg known. Whether he tell the
trDth the world must judge II IS not very Ir0babs
that man would Gske up story which implicated
hin, IN a capitol crime Besilts, bis account 10 con-
sstent with ifsslf; II agrees with What vas proved Oa
the t,Ial sbd ~itb TIE descriptions In Capt. Canors
book. We believe, therefore, that he has let Out the
truth.
New. York says Capt Smith, lis the chief port
in u wOrlo FOR the siavetrede." He repested two
three tnee, It IS tie greatest plce n hs Uat-
rerse J0r It.. Neither in Cuba in the Brszs is it
carried OF 60 extensively Ships that convey slaves
from the United States. Nov and thee s,ils from
Philadelphia; more from Baltimore; bat most Of al
from Nes.York. This is our headquarters. My YES
eel ives the brig julia MoUlton. got her in Boston
and brought her here, end sailed from this port direct
to the coast Of Africa" But do you mean TO say
ihst Ibis busiDess going on no" = Yes, all the
while Not many vessels have been sent out this
yetI--peThaps not over twenty. But last year there
wsfe probably thirty five"
Are there large shpping-houses engaged in it =
"Yes, con 10 dOsn 10 Sos,ii-st., and 70 into nun
Der Of houses that help 10 tit out ships for the bust
LESS. ! don't know how far they own tue vessels or
receive the profits OF the CareOes. had rather not
have American owners; prefer Spanisrds or Portu
guese. But these houses know all about it, They
know They me sail out of port With ship,
and come back passenger They 50 netmes ask
NE, Captain, where is your ship WIN a shrug
They know what hss become Of her" When a cargo
of slaves il landed BEL s often destroyed, not
Ia be witness agsIs. her officers aud crew
" Blu, bow do you manage 10 get away without ex-
citing gu, picioO ~ why you see we keep Gloss,
get everything sbOarc, and do not ask papers
until 80 are just ready 70 sail Then We go 10 toe
CuttOm-HVute anu take out papers for Rio JauelrO,
St Helena, Cope &c Verde Islands, or any port you
pkast-it CO0't matter Where-asd instantly clear.
But if you seIe teiZed al that moment, cOald tho
oficGs tell, by searching the ship, that sne vas
slavtri
"Oh, yes, they could nj help knowing. Besiies,
they Bust suspt ct something from seeng such g.
Hybiy crew BY little brig carried bat 200 tuas,
sno could be manned by four mel But had for
teen before TIE mdsi. The moment Of leaving port -
the II ger. Buf we 0Oh IOte uint a
sts rs kept ready and We get under way lmmedl-
aely. Omen Two or thee slav err leave al once. We
steam down the bay, and over the bar AID then the
ocean II before us, and Se set our course for any
quarter Va lleSse.
But when YOU reach the African coast are you
not in great danger from British sbipsof war;
"Ob, 40, We cont care Tor the English squadron:
We run up the American nag and II lheJ come aboard
al sc have TO do IA 10 show our American papers,
and The, bave right to search Us. So they wi
ana gruuiLle sud ~ of again..
a han, 20 nil in
empty. But suppose you are coming out wilma cargo
Of slaves on boaIdl
Even then We can get along well enough, if the
nigpers wkeep quiet We put them all below deck
ana nail down our hatches aud then present our pa
pors. The officers have lao right 10 20 below. Inc
only dGI ger this is, that they will stay on
board too long. They often suspect the truth, AMI
hang about Tor hour or two BY this tune the my
eers are s,iftd and begin 10 make noise Then tho
thing is cut ana they seize the ship
After that suppose you are punished =
"Ob, no; We generally get of. You roe, a. We
are Americans, they must bring us 20 an American
1or 10 b, tried Bot il they run the ship into port
sorg ht coast, they get one pound head for every
r,cupuIed slave. 80 they generally prefer ID lei US
GO, ana get - cir prize money
e How many slaves could you carry on your YES
sell" - We took on board Goa We might nave
t,oNed away goo. II ste bad been going to tho
BIaziis We should have taken that number. she
yould carry 80 ruth pleasure. Tbs boys and women
ne keIt on the upper deck. Bot All The strong neu
those giant Africans that might make us trouble
weuut Lelow un the slave deck II Did you ch4in
~ an nut ON bapdcnlTs p "No, never, they
vcnld die We let them move about " Are you
very severe with them p 1--WE have 70 be pretty
strct at Grst--iur a week or sO-to make them feel
that We masters. Then we tighten up Tor the rest
of The voyage" ,. IN, O..
How 90 you pack them at night " They lie
down upon the deck, on their sides, body to body.
There would not be room enough ter all to he ON
then bGcks ~
Ibid many die on the passagel' " Yes; lost a
eooa many tie last crute-mOre than ever before.
Som.tu es se find them dead when We go oelow In
the mo,nirg Then we throw them overheard.
care the profits of the trade very large T. MY
brig cost Sl3 900 to fit her out completely My last
cargo 10 Cuba worth $3.50 OOO Bathw was selzei
by tbe late Captain General Pezuela lie did more to
bleak up the slave -trade than any one else. II
he had remained in Office, he would have stopped It
altogether. But now Concha is back again. am IL
poes on "a hourshpg as ever
"Dut bought ConCha was the great enemy OF the
slave trade p So he sin words. He talks great
1aal bnt PezuelaNcted. From time imnemOrial, the
Ttsn,sr's estate has been sacred. But Pezuela
sp,cftd Ioilng. He seized the negroes wherever he
could tud them even on the plantations. By tins ne
incurred the enmty Of the planters; aOd No "ouiu
nrobaJy have been assassnated, if he had not been
recalled" ,,,.,L.,, p,
DYE; once a ship-oi-war chased two of us we
,,ck,d the sticks out Of her. We didn't stop 10
K sfrer the dead. At another time was captured
al, IA a dead calm, and there was no chance 10
81 away When saw that We were gone vent
below aud stove every cask OF water ont one me
.tler tbip vas short too. 80 We nae oV'h 10 pu' III
L. the land 10 get wafer lucy pun on ooaIu VI 70
Ii.ufeusbt aud crew. Bat he ia MOI kuO" the
,oo.t and as We drew toward land, he hed 10 MAKE
me ploi threatening at the SO ne time, 10 ehoo' me
n ran her Oh shore. took the helm ana ran hef
L,to an iulet No sooner bad we passed the moath
,ban We saw ON the bank the barraeoons oi tns save
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