Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ... where the slave ships pass, and who, in short, possess every means which the concealed manner of carrying on the Slave Trade affords for making close observation and obtaining accurate information. According to their calculations the number of slaves annually imported should be estimated, not at 150,000, but at the still more appalling number of from 196,000 to 200,060. Besides this, we have another interesting mode of proof, of a totally different character, which gives a similar, and certainly not more favourable result. It is ascertained that. the average sum paid for each slave in Africa is 41. sterling. And it is still further ascertained, that British and Foreign produce, consisting of tobacco in rolls, spirits, piece goods, ammunition, fire-arms, and specie, to the amount of 887,698/., are annually devoted to the purchase of slaves. Now dividing this sum by the 4/. paid for eacli slave, we arrive at the conclusion that 221,924 slaves are annually bought by these means. Thus fearfully corroborating, with every allowance that can be required, the number of 150,000 originally. given. The same result is also arrived at in another way. It is estimated that, of the slave vessels leaving their respective ports, one in thirty only is taken. Now, on the average of 1836 and 1837, we have 7,538 negroes as the number captured, which, being multiplied by 30, gives a total of 226,140. It must therefore impress every mind that the calculation which fixes the number at 150,000 is no exaggeration; but if these corroborative evidences have any weight, it is on the contrary such an extenuation, as nothing but the most rigid adherence to incontrovertible premises would have made. MAHOMMEDAN SLAVE TRADE. The above calculations, however, only regard the..
