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CHAP, the negro flaves rife up in rebellion againft mafters who 

 xxvii. tYQ^t them with fo very much feverity ? 



As I do not recollect that I have defcribed in what man- 

 ner thefe infurgents generally attack the eftates, I cannot 

 introduce it on a more proper occafion. 



Having lain during the night lurking in the bullies 

 that furround the eft ate, they always appear a little be-* 

 fore day-break, when unexpectedly falling on and maf- 

 facring the Europeans, they plunder the dwelling-houfe, 

 which they next fet on fire, and then carry off the negro 

 W'omen, whom they load with the fpoil, and treat with 

 the utmoft infolence lliould they make oppoiition *. 



And now farewell, I hope, ye wretched objcCts, who 

 have not made the leaft confpicuous figure in thefe 

 bloody pages ! for which I Ihould be more ready to apo- 

 logize to the reader, had I not been induced to make 

 cruelty afliamed of itfelf, and humanity gain ground : 

 that at laft, in fome meafure, my motive may be crown- 

 ed with fuccefs, I moft fincerely wifli, abhorring every 

 adt of barbarity from the very bottom of my foul. 



" Why, ChriJiianSy rage thine infolence and fcorn. 

 Why burft thy vengeance on the wretch forlorn ? 



* For minute particulars I cannot do American Indians, which are almoft 

 better than refer the curious to Mr. BeU perfedly fmiilar to thofe of the African 

 knap's Hiftory of New Hampjhire ; where negroes, 

 fee defcribes the infurredlion of the 



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