Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829, Volume 2F. Westley and A. H. Davis, 1830 |
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Page 482 - ... and refill them with fresh. On one occasion, a ship from Bahia neglected to change the contents of the casks, and on the mid-passage found, to their horror, that they were filled with nothing but salt water. All the slaves on board perished ! We could judge of the extent of their sufferings from the afflicting sight we now saw.
Page 480 - ... were thus thrust into one space 288 feet square and 336 into another space 800 feet square, giving to the whole an average of 23 inches and to each of the women not more than 13 inches. We also found manacles and fetters of different kinds, but it appears that they had all been taken off before we boarded.
Page 530 - That my kingdom of Portugal, the Algarves, and Brazil, shall form from henceforth one only and united kingdom, under the title of The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves. 3dly. That for the titles inherent in the crown of Portugal, and of which it has hitherto made use in all its public acts, the new title shall be substituted of Prince Regent of the United Kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, &c.
Page 471 - May, 1820, and that, from and after that period, it shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the crown of Spain to purchase slaves, or to carry on the slave trade, on any part of the coast of Africa, upon any pretext or in any manner whatever...
Page 483 - Africa, and visited so many ships, that this was one of the best they had seen. The height sometimes between decks, was only eighteen inches ; so that the unfortunate beings could not turn round, or even on their sides, the elevation being less than the breadth of their shoulders ; and here they are usually chained to the decks by the neck and legs. After much deliberation, this wretched vessel was allowed to proceed on her voyage." " It was dark when we separated ; and the last parting sounds we...
Page 478 - ... stowed so close together, that there was no possibility of their lying down, or at all changing their position, by night or day. As they belonged to, and were shipped on account of, different individuals, they were all branded like sheep, with the owner's marks, of different forms. These were impressed under their breasts, or on their arms, and, as the mate informed me, with perfect indifference,
Page 354 - Mary's narratives:'If then we put out of the question the injury inflicted on others, and merely consider the deterioration of feeling and principle with which it operates on ourselves, ought it not to be a sufficient, and, indeed, unanswerable, argument, against the permission of Slavery? 'The exemplary manner in which the paternal duties are performed at home, may mark people as the most fond and affectionate parents; but let them once go abroad, and come within the contagion of slavery, and it...
Page 359 - The wretched slave often anticipates the result by inflicting death upon himself in an extraordinary manner. They have a method of burying their tongue in the throat, in such a way as to produce suffocation. A friend of mine was passing when a slave was tied up and flogged. After a few lashes, he hung his head apparently lifeless; and when taken down he was actually dead, and his tongue found wedged in the oesophagus so as completely to close the trachea.
Page 478 - Over the hatchway stood a ferocious looking fellow, with a scourge of many twisted thongs in his hand, who was the slave-driver of the ship ; and whenever he heard the slightest noise below, he shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it.
Page 481 - ... have been stowed away. On looking into the places where they had been crammed, there were found some children next the sides of the ship, in the places...