THE WESTERN COAST* 
of the privileges of British subjects, particularly 
the trial by jury, they were entirely deprived. 
Persons accustomed to the service of slaves, be- 
came too effeminate to support themselves with- 
out them, In the West Indies, the deepest dis- 
tress of a ruined planter is expressed by the signi- 
ficant phrase, " Poor man, he has but one negro 
" left to bring him a pail of water." In these 
islands, Europeans find the climate too hot to sub- 
sist without slaves ; and in Nova Scotia, a chief 
justice declared publicly from the bench, that it was 
too cold. The free negroes, finding that no redress 
of their grievances could be obtained, and guessing 
what treatment they had in future to expect, de- 
puted one of their number to represent their situa- 
tion to the British ministry. In consequence of 
his representations, it was determined, with the 
consent of the Directors, that all who were discon- 
tented with their situation in Nova Scotia, and were 
willing to fix their residence in their native Africa, 
should be conveyed to Sierra Leone at the expence 
of the government. Lieutenant Clarkson, brother 
of Mr T. Clarkson, whose humane exertions have 
already been mentioned, was commissioned to re- 
pair to Nova Scotia, and propose to the free blacks 
the terms upon which the Sierra Leone Company 
was willing to receive them, and afterwards to su- 
perintend their emigration. The proposals of the 
Company were accepted with the utmost eagerness ; 
