An Account of the Slave Trade On the Coast of Africa
An Account of the Slave Trade On the Coast of Africa
Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc [from Old Catalog]
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As a farther corrobo- ration, it might be remarked, that on the Gold . and Windward' Coafts, where fairs are not held, the number of flaves procured at a time are ufually very fmalK The. preparations made at Bonny hy the black traders, upon fetting out for the fairs which are held up the country, are very confiderable. From twenty to thirty canoes, capable of containing thirty oV forty negroes each, are aflcmbled for this purpofe ; and fuch goods put on board them as they expcft will be wanted ...for the purchafe of the number of flaves they intend to buy. When their loading is completed, they commence their voy- age,, with colours flying and mufick playing; and* in about ten or eleven days, they generally return to Bonny with full cargoes. ^ As foon as the ca- noes arrive at the trader's landing-place, the pur- chafed negroes are cleaned, and oiled with palm oil ; and on the following day they are expofcd for fale to the captains. The Digitized by Google ( »^ > The black traders do not always purchafc their ftavcs at the fame ratft.
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