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being divided into feveral Caprtainfhips, as well as the Indians of 
America, have Wars, and befides thofe {lain in Battles many Pri- 
foners are taken, who are fold for Slaves, and brought hither. But 
the Parents here, altho their Children are Slaves for ever, yet have 
fo great a love jor them, thac no Mafter dare fell or give away one 
of their little ones, unlefs they care not whether their Parents hang 
themfelves or no. 
Miny of the Necros, being Slaves, and their Pofterity after them 
in Guinea, they aremore eafily treated by the Englifh here, than by 
their own Country-People, wherefore they would not often wil- 
lingly change Mafters. 
Vbe Punifhments for Crimes of Slaves, are ufually for Rebellions 
burning them, by nailing them down on the ground with crooked 
Sticks on every Limb, and then applying the Fire by degrees from 
the Feet and Hands, burning them gradually up to the Head, where- 
by cheir pains are extravagant. For Crimes of a lefler nature Gelding, 
or chopping off half of the Foot with an Ax. Thefe Pumfhments 
are fuffered by them with great Conftancy. 
For running away they put Iron Rings of great weight on their 
Ankles, cr Pottocks about their Necks, which are Iron Rings with 
two long Necks rivetted to them, or a Spur inthe Mouth. 
For Negligence, they are ufually whipt by the Overfeers with 
Lance-wood Switches, till they be bloody, and feveral of the 
Switches broken, being firft tied up by their Hands in the Mill- 
Houles. Beating with Manati Straps is thought too cruel, and 
therefore prohibited by the Cuftoms of the Country. The Cica- 
trices are vifible on their Skins for ever after; and a Slave, the 
more he have of thofe,-is the lefs valu’d. -- 
After they are whip’d till they are Raw, fome put on their Skins 
Pepper and Sale to make them {mart ; at other times their Mafters will 
drop melted Wax on their Skins, and ufe feveral very exquifite Tor- 
ments. Thele Punifhments are fometimes merited by the Blacks, 
who are a very perverfe Generation of People, and though they 
appeat harfh, yet are {carce equal to fome of their Crimes, and infe- 
rior to what Punifhments other European Nations inflict on theéit 
Slaves in che Fa/t-Indies, as may be feen by Moquet, and other ‘Fra+ 
vellers. | : scene 
The Horfes here are very fine, {mall, and for the moft part well 
turn’d and {wift, though very weak; they are of the Spanifh breed, 
but very much degenerated, the Bnglifh taking no care of them, 
but letting them breed in the Savannar, in the mean while deftroy- 
ing their beft and ftrongeft Horfes in their Mills for grinding thei 
Canes. They are very fimooth Skin’d, and by that eafily di- 
es (q) ftinguifh’d 
