The Slave Trade of East Africa Reprinted From the Christian Observer Wit
The Slave Trade of East Africa Reprinted From the Christian Observer Wit
Edward Akroyd
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" The word Avhich I underline is a trivial one, but it exactly expresses the idea. The keeper of this den utters a hoarse cry 15 (ponssG nn rugisscment) ; it is the ordei* for tlie merchandize to stand lip ; but many of them do not obey. What is the matter ? Our interpreter, who has grone among the groups, Avilltell us: listen to him. ' The chains are too short ; the dead and the dying prevent the Hving from rising. Tlie dead can say nothing ; but what do the dying say ? They say that they are ...dying — of hunger. ' " But let us leave the consideration of this trader's picture as a whole ; and let ns look at some of the details. Who is this creature who holds tightly in her arms a shapeless object covered with filthy leaves ? On looking close, you see -that it is a woman, lying in the mud, and holding to her dried up breast the child of which she has just been delivered. And those little girls who totter as they strive to rise, and who seem to ask for pity, on what are they leaning ? On a dead body !
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