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Africa, a cargo of 530 slaves was taken on board. 

 These were so well handled that only three died 

 on the way back, and the survivors were landed 

 at Amazonas, near Cape Frio, Brazil. 



For his success, Marks received $40,000. The 

 forecastle men received from $250 to $340 each. 

 The slaver voyage lasted about five months. 



The consul made an effort to capture the stolen 

 ship, but he failed. Marks took her to Paranagua, 

 where he altered her so that she could not be rec- 

 ognized by her owners. Of her subsequent career 

 there is no record, but she was undoubtedly 

 sailed in the trade until unspeakably foul and 

 then burned. 



As a final touch to the picture of the whalers 

 as slavers, brief reference may be made to the 

 loss of the ship Cassander, Captain Winslow, that 

 sailed from Providence on November 19, 1847. 

 It appears that, when on the coast of Africa, she 

 took on board, as members of the crew, two 

 negroes. From the coast the ship sailed out to 

 sea, and between 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning, 

 on May I, 1848, the crew found her on fire. 

 When the alarm was given, and all hands were 



