The History of Slavery And the Slave Trade Ancient And Modern
The History of Slavery And the Slave Trade Ancient And Modern
Blake, William O
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Here an agent was sent to establish a settlement in the country, and to send to the ships such slaves as he might obtain. The orders he received from the captain were, that "he was to encourage the chieftains by brandy and gun- powder to go to war, to make slaves. " This he did. The chieftains perform- 14 210 DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. ed their part in return. The neighboring villages were surrounded and set on fire in the night. The inhabitants were seized when making their escape ; and, being brou...ght to the agent, were by him forwarded to his principal on the coast. Mr. How, a botanist in the service of government, stated that on the arrival of an order for slaves from Cape Coast Castle, while he was there, a native chief immediately sent forth armed parties, who brought in a supply of all descriptions in the night. All these atrocities, he said, were fully substantiated by the evidence ; and here he should do injustice to his cause if he were not to make a quotation from the speech of Mr.
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