 ... 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...  Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 - Page 482by Robert Walsh - 1830Full view - About this book
 | William Whitaker Shreeve - 1817 - 128 pages
...water. All the slaves on board perished. " We could judge of the extent of their sufferings from the sight we now saw, when the poor creatures were ordered...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost 55 in the space of l7 days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying about the decks... | |
 | 1830 - 614 pages
...with fresh. On one occasion, a ship from Bahia neglected to change the contents of the casks, an 1 on the mid-passage found, to their horror, that they...passage. They had sailed from the coast of Africa on the 7lh of May, and had been out but seventeen days, and they had thrown overboard no less than fifty-five,... | |
 | sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st bart.) - 1838 - 244 pages
...salt-water. All the Slaves on board perished! We could judge of the extent of their sufferings, from the sight we now saw. When the poor creatures were ordered...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost fifty-five, in the space of seventeen days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying... | |
 | bart Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1838 - 244 pages
...salt-water. All the Slaves on board perished ! We could judge of the extent of their sufferings, from the sight we now saw. When the poor creatures were ordered...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost fifty-five, in the space of seventeen days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying... | |
 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1839 - 274 pages
...saltwater. All the slaves on board perished ! We could judge of the extent of their sufferings, from the sight we now saw. When the poor creatures were ordered...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost fifty-five, in the space of seventeen days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying... | |
 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1839 - 270 pages
...sufferings, from the sight we now saw. When the poor creatures were ordered down again, several of them carne and pressed their heads against our knees with looks...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost fifty-five, in the space of seventeen days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying... | |
 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1840 - 624 pages
...water All the slaves on board perished ! We could judge of the extent of their sufferings from the sight we now saw. When the poor creatures were ordered...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost fifty-five in the space of seventeen days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying about... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 pages
...the poor creatures were oidercd down again, several of them came and pressed their heuls against oui knees with looks of the greatest anguish, at the prospect...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost fifty-five, in the space of seventeen days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying... | |
 | New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. Representative Meeting - 1841 - 150 pages
...sea-water. All the slaves on board perished ! We could judge of the extent of their sufferings from the sight we now saw. When the poor creatures were ordered...suffering below. It was not surprising that, they had lost fifty-five in the space of seventeen days. 17 Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying... | |
 | 1841 - 430 pages
...All the slaves on board perished ! We could judge of the extent of their sufferings from the sigtit we now saw. When the poor creatures were ordered down...of suffering below. It was not surprising that they had lost fifty-five in the space of seventeen days. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying about... | |
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