 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.  Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 - Page 478by Robert Walsh - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1833 - 262 pages
...ship, with a scourge of many-twisted thongs in his hand ; whenever he heard the slightest noise from below, he shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it. "As soon as the poor creatures saw us looking down at them, their melancholy visages brightened up.... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 624 pages
...looking fellow, with a scoufge of many twisted thongs m his hand, who was tSs slave-driver of the sh,p ; and whenever he heard the slightest noise below, he...shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it. As soon as the poor creatures saw us looking down at them, The first persons who liberated their slaves,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1838 - 626 pages
...their arm«, and, as the mate informed me. with perfec-t indifference, " queimadot ptloftrro qnmin — burnt with the red-hot iron." Over the hatchway stood...slightest noise below, he shook it over them, and spemed eager to exercise it. As soon at the poor creatures saw us looking down at |Ьеш 4.-U 435... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...a red-hot iron ! Over the hatchway stood a ferocious-looking fellow, with a scourge of many-twisted thongs in his hand, who was the slavedriver of the...shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it." The author proceeds to state, that these poor creatures were packed up and wedged together as tight... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 618 pages
...arms, and, as the mate informed me, with perfect indifference, ie queiinados peloferro quento—"burnt with the red-hot iron." Over the hatchway stood a...shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it. As soon as the poor creatures saw us lookingdown at them The first persons who liberated then' slaves,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 624 pages
...looking fellow, with a scourge of many twisted thongs ш his hand, who was the ilavc-drivcr of the ship j and whenever he heard the slightest noise below, he...shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it. As soon us the poor creature« saw as looking down at them 435 The first persons who liberated their... | |
 | Andrew Hull Foote - 1854 - 446 pages
...red-hot iron." Over the hatchways stood a ferocious-looking fellow, with a scourge of many-twisted thongs in his hand, who was the slavedriver of the...I have kept it ever since as a horrid memorial of the reality, should I ever be disposed to forget the scene I witnessed. " As soon as the poor creatures... | |
 | Andrew Hull Foote - 1854 - 438 pages
...red-hot iron." Over the hatchways stood a ferocious-looking fellow, with a scourge of many-twisted thongs in his hand, who was the slavedriver of the...out of his hand ; and I have kept it ever since as a hon-id memorial of the reality, should I ever be disposed to forget the scene I witnessed. " As soon... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1854 - 230 pages
...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...shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it. As soon as the poor creatures saw us looking down at them their dark and melancholly visages brightened... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1857 - 934 pages
...mate informed me, with perfect indifference, ' queimados pelo ferro quenlo — burnt with the red hot iron.' Over the hatchway stood a ferocious looking...shook it over them, and seemed eager to exercise it. As soon as the poor creatures saw us looking down at them, their dark and melancholy visages brightened... | |
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