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captors from making her carry a heavy load 
of water, while, with a rope about her neck, 
he drove her before his horse, and, whenever 
she shewed the least inclination to stop, he 
beat her in the most unmerciful manner with 
a stick. Had any of those gentlemen (if any 
there be) who are either advocates for a revi- 
val of that horrid and unnatural traffic in hu- 
man flesh, or so careless about the emancipa- 
tion of this long degraded and suffering people 
as to support their cause (if they do it at all) 
with little ardour, been witness to the cruelties 
practised on this and similar occasions (to say 
nothing of their sufferings in the middle pas- 
sage), they would soon change their minds, and 
be roused to make use of all their best exer- 
tions, both at home and abroad, to abolish in 
toto the slave trade, which, although it has re- 
ceived a mortal blow from the praiseworthy and 
truly indefatigable exertions of Africans nume- 
rous and philanthropic friends in England, 
must exist as long as any of the states of Eu- 
rope give it their support. 
I endeavoured to purchase from Garran the 
freedom of the poor old woman, but although I 
told him to fix his own price, I could not in- 
duce him to comply. He told me that nothing 
could be disposed of before the king had seen 
all that was taken. I, to no purpose, repre- 
