American Merchant Ships And Sailors
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At last a sail was sighted. The "Rodeur's" prow is turned toward it, for there is hope, there rescue ! As the stranger draws nearer, the straining eyes of the French helmsman discerns something strange and terrifying about her appearance. Her rigging is loose and slovenly, her course erratic, she seems to be idly drifting, and there is no one at the wheel. A derelict, abandoned at sea, she io6 American Merchant mocks their hopes of rescue. But she is not entirely de- serted, for a faint shout c...omes across the narrowing strip of sea and is answered from the "Rodeur. " The two vessels draw near. There can be no launching of boats by blind men, but the story of the stranger is soon told. She, too, is a slaver, a Spaniard, the "Leon, " and on her, too, every soul is blind from opthalmia originating among the slaves. Not even a steersman has the "Leon. " All light has gone out from her, and the "Rodeur" sheers away, leaving her to an unknown fate, for never again is she heard from. How wonderful the fate or the Provi- dence that directed that upon all the broad ocean teem- ing with ships, engaged in honest or in criminal trade, the two that should meet must be the two on which the hand of God was laid most heavily in retribution for the suffering and the woe which white men and professed Christians were bringing to the peaceful and innocent blacks of Africa.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
At last a sail was sighted. The "Rodeur's" prow is turned toward it, for there is hope, there rescue ! As the stranger draws nearer, the straining eyes of the French helmsman discerns something strange and terrifying about her appearance. Her rigging is loose and slovenly, her course erratic, she seems to be idly drifting, and there is no one at the wheel. A derelict, abandoned at sea, she io6 American Merchant mocks their hopes of rescue. But she is not entirely de- serted, for a faint shout c...omes across the narrowing strip of sea and is answered from the "Rodeur. " The two vessels draw near. There can be no launching of boats by blind men, but the story of the stranger is soon told. She, too, is a slaver, a Spaniard, the "Leon, " and on her, too, every soul is blind from opthalmia originating among the slaves. Not even a steersman has the "Leon. " All light has gone out from her, and the "Rodeur" sheers away, leaving her to an unknown fate, for never again is she heard from. How wonderful the fate or the Provi- dence that directed that upon all the broad ocean teem- ing with ships, engaged in honest or in criminal trade, the two that should meet must be the two on which the hand of God was laid most heavily in retribution for the suffering and the woe which white men and professed Christians were bringing to the peaceful and innocent blacks of Africa.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Willis J Willis John Abbot to read onlineMoreLess
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