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Africa, as I mentioned before ; but now this 

 feldom happens, for they are bought in the Weft 

 Indies, or American I/lands, whither they were 

 originally brought from their own country : for 

 it has been found that on tranfporting the Ne- 

 groes from Africa, immediately into thefe nor- 

 thern countries, they have not fuch a good ftate 

 of health, as when they gradually change places* 

 and are firft carried from Africa to the Weft In~ 

 dies, and from thence to North America. It has 

 frequently been found, that the Negroes cannot 

 ftand the cold here fo well as the Europeans or 

 whites ; for whilft the latter are not in the lead 

 affected by the cold,, the toes and fingers of the 

 former are frequently frozen. There is like wife 

 a material difference among them in this point ; 

 for thofe who come immediately from Africa, 

 cannot bear the cold fo well as thofe who are 

 either born in this country, or have been here for 

 a confiderable time ; for the froft eafily hurts the 

 hands or feet of the Negroes which come from 

 Africa, or occafions violent pains in their whole 

 body, or in fome parts of it, though it does not 

 at all affect thofe who have been here for forne 

 time. There are frequent examples that the 

 Negroes on their paffage from Africa, if it hap- 

 pens in winter, have fome of their limbs de- 

 ftroyed by froft, on board the fhip, when the 

 cold is but very inconfiderable, and the failors 

 are fcarce obliged to cover their hands. I was 

 even allured, that fome Negroes have been feen 

 here, who have had an exceffive pain in their 

 legs, which afterwards broke in the middle, and 

 dropt entirely from the body, together with the 



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