THOUGHTS ON THE SLAVE TRADE.

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And whittier shall we now go' The night is
approaching fast. Let us find some friendly hut
where sleep may make us forget for a while the
sorrows of the day. Behold the hospitable ma
tive ready to receive at his door. Let us avail
ourselves of his kindness. And now let us give
ourselves to repose. But why, when our eyelids
but just closed, do we find ourselves thus sud-
denly awakened? What is the meaning of the
noise around us, of the trampling Of peoples feet,
Of the rustling Of the bow, the quiver and the
lance' Let tus rise up and enquire. Behold the
inhabitants are all alarmed A wakeful woman
has shown them yon distant column Of smoke and
blaze. The neighboring village is on FIRE. The
Priuce, unfaithful to his sacred duty Of the pro-
lection Of MS subjects, has surrounded them. He
is now burning their habitations, and seizing as
saleable booty, the fugtives from the fames.-
Such then, are some of the scenes that have been
passed in Africa, in consequence of the existence
of the slave trade, or such is the nature of the
evil as it has shown itself in the first of the cases
we have noticed. Let us now estimate it as it
has been proved in the second; or let us examine
the state of the unhappy Africans, reduced to sla-
very in this manner, while on board the vessels
which are to convey Them across the ocean to 9TH
er lands. And here we must observe at once,
that as far as this part Of the evil is concerned,
am at loss to describe it, Where shall find
words to express properly their sorrow, as arising
from the reflection Of being parted from their
Where shall find language to paint in appropri-
ate colors the horrors of mind, brought on by
thoughts of their future unknown destination p
OF such, they can argue nothing but misery from
all they have as yet seen. How shall | make
known their situation when laboIing under pain
full disease, or. while struggling in the sufocating
holes Of their prison, like animals enclosed and
exhausted How shall describe their feelings,
exposed to all the personal indignities which
lawless appetite or brutal passion may suggest :
How shall exhibit their suffering as determin-
ing to refuse. .Sustenance and die, or resolving
to break their chains and disdan to live as slaves
to punish their oppfessors How shall give an
idea Of their agony when under various punish
ment and tortures for their reputed crimes In
deed every part Of this subject defes my powers,
and must therefore conclude this part of the
subject, withi general representation, or in the
words of aceiebrated member of parliament, never
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