They listened always very attentively to my discourses on these heads, but especially to that part which related to the buying of negroes, which was a trade at that time, not only not far entered into, but, as far as it was, had been carried on by assientos, or permission of the kings of Spain and Portugal, and engrossed in the public stock: so that few negroes were bought, and these excessively dear.
Zij luisterden altijd zeer oplettend naar mijne gesprekken hierover, maar vooral naar datgene, wat betrekking tot het koopen van Negers had, een handel, die toen daar weinig gedreven werd, om dat men er assientos of verlofbrieven van de koningen van Spanje en Portugal toe moest hebben, zoodat er weinig Negers, en deze zeer duur, gekocht werden.