Excerpt from Abridgment of the Minutes of the Evidence, Vol. 2: Taken Before a Committee of the Whole House, to Whom It Was Referred to Consider of the Slave-Trade, 1790 The captives thus made, are fold, and he has had their friends come and redeem fuch as he had bought fome weeks after. Numbers of aves are obtained in this way, though but few fold to 'him; and the proportion of fuch fold to Europeans, fmall upon the whole, compared to what there may be, upon fome other parts of the coaf't. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Abridgment of the Minutes of the Evidence: Taken Before a Committee of the Whole House, to Whom It Was Referred to Consider of the Slave-Trade, 1790 This practice most common when there is no war with another state. It is universally acknowledged, and he firmly believes, that free persons are sold for real or imputed crimes, for the benefit of their judges. Soon after his arrival at Goree, the king of Damel sent a free man to him for sale, and was to have the price himself. A kings' guard being asked whether the man was guilty of the crime imputed to him, answered, that was of no consequence, or ever inquired into. Captain W. returned the man. Kidnapping was acknowledged by all he conversed with to be generally prevalent. It is the first principle of the natives, the principle of self-preservation, (p. 17.) who never go unarmed while a slavevessel is on the coast; and on being asked the reason, alledge their fears. A courier of Captain Lacy, his predecessor, though a Moor, a Mussulman, a free man, a native of Senegal, spoke the French language fluently, and had dispatches in his pocket on his Britannick Majesty's service, (for particulars fee the Minutes) was kidnapped, sold to a French veflel, and his release with difficulty obtained by the witness. The French captain endangered the man's life by his inhumanity. Never heard of slaves being bred for sale. Never heard of the practice of eating human flesh in Africa, and is morally certain that it did not exist on the part of the coast where he was. Was informed, that the governments near Goree were absolute, but more or Iess so according to the strength of the princes. King's dues seem to be very regularly collected in every village: they were always paid by the ship commanded by witness, and he doubts not are required from others. Has heard that when payment has been refufed, boats and men have been seized, (p. 17.) Fully believes Africans to be equal to Europeans in capacity. They have various manufactures, chiefly for home consumption. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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