Captain Canot, Or, Twenty Years of an African Slavery: Being an Account of His Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, Or Shipboard, and in the West IndiesBrantz Mayer D. Appleton and Company, 1854 - 448 sayfa |
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Accordingly adventures Africa African Ahmah-de-Bellah Ali-mami Ali-Ninpha approached arms Bagers Bangalang barracoons beach beneath blood boat boatswain British brought cabin canoe captain caravan cargo CHAPTER charge charms cigarillo coast comfort command companions course craft crew cruiser Cuba dashed day-dawn deck dispatched Don Rafael Don Téodore doubloons duty escape eyes factory Footha-Yallon forecastle French Fullah Fullah chief Gallego galliot gang gave girl hand harem Havana Havanese head heard heart honor hour hundred interior Kambia knew Koran Krooman land leaped Mahometan Mami-de-Yong Mandingo master mate ment merchandise Mongo morning mulatto muskets native negroes never night officers once Ormond palm oil passed pistols rancho reached returned Rio Pongo river sail sailor savage schooner sent ship Sierra Leone slaves snap fingers soon Soosoo Spanish stranger thought Timbo tion took town trade tribes vessel village voyage watch women
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Sayfa 73 - When the runners returned from the interior with the slaves required to complete the Areostatico's cargo, I considered it my duty to the Italian grocer of Regla to dispatch his vessel personally. Accordingly, I returned on board to aid in stowing one hundred and eight boys and girls, the eldest of whom did not exceed...
Sayfa 241 - is cast into the sea. Strict discipline is relaxed. The day of danger or revolt is considered over, and the captain enjoys a new and refreshing life till the hour of landing. Sailors, with proverbial generosity, share their biscuits and clothing with the blacks. The women, who are generally without garments, appear in costume from the wardrobes of tars, petty officers, mates, and even captains. Sheets, table-cloths, and spare sails, are torn to pieces for raiment, while shoes, boots, caps, oilcloths,...
Sayfa 369 - slave deck," and an unusual quantity of water-casks, aroused the officer's suspicions, so that instead of heading for our port, we were unceremoniously favored with a prize crew, and ordered to Sierra Leone ! I did not venture to protest against these movements, inasmuch as I had no interest whatever in the craft, but I ventured to suggest that " as I was only a passenger, there could be no objection to my landing before the new voyage was commenced.
Sayfa 207 - ... of unwholesome canvas, puts out his fire, nails his forecastle, sends his negroes below, and secures the gratings over his hatches. All these preparations were quietly made on board the Esperanza; and, in addition, I ordered a supply of small arms and ammunition on deck, where they were instantly covered with blankets. Every man was next stationed at his post, or where he might be most serviceable. The cannons were sponged and loaded with care; and, as I desired to deceive our new acquaintance,...
Sayfa 103 - ... his appetite is stimulated by the medical antidote of a '-cat." If the slave, however, is truly ill, he is forthwith ticketed for the sick-list by a bead or button around his neck, and dispatched to an infirmary in the forecastle.
Sayfa 87 - Such a preliminary liquidation with the, heads of a caravan is ever indispensable, for, without their assistance, it would be out of the question to traffic with the ragamuffins who hang on the skirts of opulent chieftains. of the caravan itself consisted of seven hundred persons, principally men; while the produce was as follows : 3,500 hides...
Sayfa 94 - Mongo's hands without censure, he might have been readily adopted as a good " life " by an insurance company. Upon one occasion, to my great astonishment, I saw a stout and apparently powerful man discarded by Ormond as utterly worthless. His full muscles and sleek skin, to my unpractised eye, denoted the height of robust health. Still, I was told that he had been medicated for the market with bloating drugs, and sweated with powder and lemon-juice to impart a gloss to his skin. Ormond remarked that...
Sayfa 257 - I handed him three flags, which he carefully unrolled, and displayed the ensigns of Spain, Denmark, and Portugal, in each of which I found a set of papers suitable for the San Pablo. In a feeble voice he desired me to select a nationality; and, when I chose the Spanish, he grasped my hand, pointed to the door, and bade me not to surrender. When I reached the deck, I found our pursuer gaining on us with the utmost speed. She outsailed us — two to one. Escape was altogether out of the question; yet...
Sayfa 346 - I was undoubtedly prepared to welcome my guest, for Kroos, Fishes, Bushmen, Bassas and all, had been alert since daybreak, ready to hail the craft and receive their fees. There had been a general embargo on all sea-going folks for a day before, so that there was not a fish to be had for love or money in the settlement. Minute precautions like these are absolutely necessary for all prudent slavers, for it was likely that the cruiser kept a spy in her pay among my people, as well as I did among hers...