The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-17
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srccsss or TEE SPANISH sLAvs rsAD1-uALousy
OF 1nB JAMAICA PLANTERS.
From NE knsesoa (jam )Jossnai, ASrt II
Curaooa nd that the eave trace a. briskiy carried
IN he Island Of Porto Rico n In Cuba shaver
on, s he Acss she soa sso :os
water csaks, and other materials we'll the
povsioas Ths authorities pr tended no, 70 kso. any
trade IN which she was engaged until she was really 70
SAN when the orders for her deseeoon ana
handed 70 the Attorney for investigation
The punishment for the offence, should guilt be essao
ished, IS according the Dutch Laws, imprs 'ument to
MS notorious tina. at least 80 900 African slaves
pcrtioa % that number were shipped from Africa and
died their passage 70 Cuba no one ever can know
LORD BrouRhsm who makes Exeter Hall Grafton upon
the 500 svistim sed" who met their death
beard the STELLA has not word 70 say either about the
.rass sn.s tsEss place on bosrd Of The aave sSics
NOT word In fact ID clear that the Cuban slave trade
legitimate speculation quite equal q least 70 the
trenely beneficial 70 British interes,s But for the Ar
ssve trace TO Cuba the free trade sugar Of 1916
Rcoghsm knows II. Had Lord Brougham, infiuencsd b.
bis proefsed phiiAuthrophy In the Of Africa insist
ed - necessary condition 70 the admission Of Cuban
sugar into Great Britain that the slave trade with tina,
island should be peremptory forbidden and had the ad
nssioa Of the produce Of that island into the British
Cuba instead Of now producing 400 geo TOMS present
would have been driven ere this 70 material straits in or
der 10 compete with the old British colonies.
THE FRENCH SLAVE TRADE AND IT'S HORRORS
CRUIzE OF THE sTEAMxB STELLA AND ITS CoNsE-
QUEECEs.
[Frem the Kingston Journal, April 1871
On the 2ssh Of November last small steamer o. ssS
tons, aud 30 horse power constructed 70 sail with
without steam, fully armed and equipped for war carry
ing crew Of thirtytwo men, and displaying the French
ss.s ssnS s.'' sas Is is sas
port Is consisted Of four vessels namely -Ia rour.
mente La CoDonierc the corvette La Ze and La Jeanne
dare, the whole division being under the command Of H.
Proe captain OF the latter vessel Tho Stella had lost
captain By name Oddo at Loango where seems no bad
taken las Africans board the command hai there
named Bernard he found no papers, NO instructions, no
plans no manifest to guide his movements but he know
chartered BY Messrs Regs Co., Of MAzseies that the
object Of her vieit 70 the take "Arcan
mgran' that the Imperial Government had sanctioned
full cargo and convey the people 70 Guadaloupe Of
the French West India colonies he probably knew to-
along the coast and may have had misgvDgs Is to the
fate OF his vessel her and her passengers in the
bold were the Stella challenged TO produce her papers
But the presence Of the French squadron under such Cir
cumstances doubtless encouraged him to proceed with
what evidently desperate enterprise he found the
sions and the small quantity board OF bad quality.
The Breton, however, Is proverbialy determined and
course Of few hours On the soth he took on board SIX
hundred and nine inmiErAnts all or them moro or leas
scky On the 1s of December the agent the Imperial
government Commodore Prote, board and enter
cd into CONTRACTS for service with the s'immigrantsn
I'm nedatey sfter the Stella weighed anchor for Tongue
orders that the latter was TO proect the Of
the complement" Of the Sea's cargo At Louguebonre
sns 90 s. sigma being gissn.s signal prsconoeIted be-
agent Obtained and shipped eighty more immi-
On the 4tb Of December the Stella lef Iongusbonne.
having on board cargo Of hundred and fffy A,S-
cans woie and female roa Of them sick,y and none older
and twenty The crew as already stated nu%Ssrss
thirty two, making grand total Of nine hundred and
eishtytwo human beings on board steamer OF three
hunored and eighty three tons though account sets
her al six hundred Let readers but bear in mind
how much after cabin passengers suffer from the great
and they may form faint IDEA Of the iormsnss Of
thee nine hundred and nifty wretched Africans,
med into the hold of the s,ela-which might not in
appropriately be ramed the "S,ar OF Msfor-
pursued her weary way the waste of waters
and nearly every alternate hour during that ghassy voy
deep Not with the solemn Ceremonies charsctersc Of
Christian burias but without rite or prayer or tear OF
regret were those victims Of cupidy consigned to the
devourcd by the obscene people its depths
there 10 lie TIL they tha ise at the Of the last
trump, 70 bear terrible testimony against their murder
Al iengsh-tbat is on the Sd Of January OF the present
tere Gsudaoupe and landed four hundred and ninety
seven males and one hundred and my females, the
miserable remnant on the nre hundred and ffty people
kidnapped from their African homes. One third had
passed TO rest Asphyxia dysentery fever and exhaus
ton from fatigue and wani Of food had their Office
seven wrscbed beings the majority perfectly nsksda
ev Of tie females only being slightly covered and none
oD Of The s0d a. sse
CAYtau Bernsrds instructions from Commodore Prote
vhs appears 10 have been ignorant OF certain previous
arrangement With the nrm OF Iabens, Collin o., OF
Porte Pitre Qua ,aloupe, and Of . local ordnance
sensd Bonls which dessnated Posnts Ptre the only
No arrangement had been made at Basee the re-
ceptn o. what our correspondents style thc merchRn
dse" Inc place onered NOT the smaest accommodation
was mere qussmire, mud hole, and the poor unfer
tapates who had survived the horrors OF The middle pas
cage were now crowded together In pen, pudding In
mre and hth Ike cattle n market More than even
this the water Of Bassetee posserses chemical proper
ties VIGOROUSLY fatal 70 persons suffering from dyscnery
other was obtsinabe. The place sclf too, was
the most remote from Pointe Ptre in the Immediate
neehbcrbood Of which resided planters 70 whom the
imnisIanss had been allotted Consequently the for
mer bad TO convey their "ots the island In the
condition In which they were without loss Of time and 10
the beat way they could Some we're driven overaud,
oilers were crowed board OF small under the
direction OF The Arm OF NM honrerot Fet Of IA Moule
Amor est these coasters q small schooner caisd
Ia Nouvele Active, on board Of which hundred and
I'VE Africans were crowded; eighty two in the hold and
twenty three tor want OF room, on deck She lei
port a. ten In the evening. but in running the creek
called Ia Canal des santes che struck upon rocks
tie petition Of which was well known and foundered
The eisbty two Africans the hold were drowned only
ICES. n Al once prohibsd be frame
pubtrs any account OF this catastrophe and the colony
would have remained ignorant q bad The corpscs
me victims been thrown upon the shore by the waves
10 cell the ehasty tale 10 the terrified population.
Various runors current 10 the OF the Gala
miy Some sllege thai the crew, composed chiefly Of
emsncipaed slaves, were averse 10 the task assigned
them Of conveying these people the plantations and
nute protect sganst the ransactiop ocnspred to
obey their CAPTAINS Instructions. On the other hand the
captain 10 accused OF negligence Meanv hle the crew
lave been srpthended and east into prson and nj the
essc 81 oar soyiees were awarng their trial.
Inc stella still Point pltre. n pof known
vncn tne would leave Her European crew had refused
70 return 70 Africa and dfmandedto be landed In the 90.
sailors"
me original letters from which have derived the
foregoing particular are in possession They are
dated The 10th and 9th OF January last and signed BY
several highly respectable ard perfectly Trustworthy In
haoart the co ony where they dated The dread.
fu nct thst oct Of nne hundred and y Africans ship
eo nom ne West Coast only two hundred and twenty