EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



" but a fpot of ground for cultivation, befides a neat houfe 

 " built upon it, fliould be her portion for ever, to difpofe 



of as flie pleafed." After this fhe returned my remaining 

 bond of 900 florins, and gave Joanna a purfe with gold 

 containing near twenty ducats, befides a couple of pieces 

 of Eaft India chintz, advifing me at the fame time " to 

 " give in a requefl to the court for little Johnny's imme- 

 " diate manumidion ; which," Ihe obferved, " was a ne- 



ceffary form, whether I fhould be able to obtain the bail 

 *^ ufually required or not; and without which formality, 



even if I had the bail ready to appear, nothing would 



be done in the courfe of bufinefs." 

 . Having both of us thanked this mofl excellent woman, 

 I went to fup with the Governor, where being tranf- 

 ported with joy, I gave him my requefl in full form, 

 which he coolly put in his pocket with one hand, while 

 he gave me a hearty fqueeze with the other; and lliaking 

 his head, told me frankly, " that he would lay it before 

 "the court; but at the fame time was perfe6lly con- 

 " vinced my boy muft die a flave, unlefs I could find the 

 - " neceflary bail, which he was at the fame time well per- 

 " fuaded very few people would wifli to appear for/' 

 Thus, after fpending fo much time and labour, befides 

 the expence of above a hundred guineas already paid, I 

 had fiill the inexprefllble mortification to fee this dear little 

 fellow, of whom I was both the father and the mafter, 

 expofed to perhaps eternal fervitude ; as for Joanna, llie 

 was now perfectly fafe, to my heartfelt fatisfa(5tion. 



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