PREFACE. 



Flere, in the difFerent charatflers of a Commander 

 — a Rebel Negro — a Planter, and a Slave — not only- 

 tyranny are expofed — but benevolence and humanity 

 are unveiled to the naked eye. Here the Warrior — 

 the Hiftorian — the Merchant — and the Lover of Na- 

 tural Philofophy, vi^ill meet with fome gratification ;. 

 while, for having introduced my private adventures^ 

 I muft make fome apology — but none for thofe of 

 the lovely Slave^ who makes not the leaft interefting; 

 figure in thefe pages — as female virtue in diftrefs, 

 efpecially when accompanied with youth and beauty,, 

 mull ever claim protedtion. 



Upon the whole, perhaps, fome allowance may be 

 made, when the Reader confiders he is perufing no 

 romance compofed of fiction, but a real hiftory, to- 

 tally unembellifhed with the marvellous ; — the pro- 

 duction of an Officer, whofe pen and pencil have 

 alone been employed — and on the spot, a circum- 

 fiance but very feldom met with.^ 



As to the fhocking cruelties that here are fo fre- 

 quently expofed, let it fuffice to fay, that to deter 

 others from fimilar inhuman pradlices, and teach 



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