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One confolation, however, in the midft of this difap- 

 pointment, moft opportunely prefented itfelf. The fa- 

 mous negro, Graman-^acy, formerly mentioned, who 

 was juft returned from Holland, brought the news, that 

 partly by ^Is intereft a new law was there enacted, by 

 which all flaves were to be free fix months after their 

 landing at the Texel ; which, indeed, on application of 

 their mailers, might be extended to twelve, but not a 

 iingle day longer on any account whatfoever. — Thus be- 

 ing perfuaded that I fhould one day joyfully carry both 

 him and his mother over the Atlantic, my heart was 

 greatly relieved. 



Of this Graman-Qwacy I will beg leave to give a fhort 

 account, before I take farewell of the reader. Suffice it 

 for the prefent to fay, that the Prince of Orange, befides 

 I>aying his out and homeward paffage, and giving him 

 feveral prefents, fent him back to Surinam drefled in a 

 fuit of blue and fcarlet, trimmed over with broad gold 

 lace : on his hat he^ wore a white feather, and looked 

 upon the whole not unlike one of the Dutch generals ; 

 which goodnefs made this king of the negroes, however, 

 very proud, and even frequently very fancy. 



On the 25th, the Governor of the colony gave a very 

 fumptuous feaft to feveral of his friends at his indigo- 

 plantation, which was fituated.but a few miles at the back 

 of his palace, where I had the honour to be invited as 

 one of the party, and had the pleafure of infpedting the 



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