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lied; and the woman brought forth a white girl, 
which this lady faw very often ; and as the circum- 
ftances of this cafe were very particular, I lhall make 
mention of them here, both for the entertainment 
of the Society and to fliew that this is exadly fimi- 
lar to the cafe of the boy before us. When the 
poor woman was told the child was like the children 
of white people, flie was in great dread of her huf- 
band, declaring, at the fame time, that die never 
had any thing to do with a white man in her life ; 
and therefore begged they would keep the place 
dark that he might not fee it. When he came to 
afk her how (lie did, he wanted to fee the child, and 
wondered why the room was (hut up, as it was not 
ufual ; the woman’s fears increafed when he had it 
brought into the light ; but while he looked at it he 
feemed highly pleafed, returned the child, and be- 
haved with extraordinary tendernefs. She imagined 
he diifembled his refentment till die diould be able 
to go about, and that then he would leave her; but in a 
few days he faid to her : “You are afraid of me, and 
“ therefore keep the room dark, becaufe my child is 
“ white ; but I love it the better for that, for my 
“ own father was a white man, though my grand- 
“ father and grand- mother were as black as you and 
“ myfelf ; and although we came from a place where 
“ no white people ever were feen, yet there was al- 
“ ways a white child in every family that was related 
“ to us.” The woman did well, and the child 
was diewn about as a curiodty ; and was, about the 
age of fifteen, fold to admiral Ward, and brought to 
London in order to be fhewed to the Royal Society ; 
but, finding that one of the failors had debauched 
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