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OU. — I will break the canoe, but kill no one. 
Commissioners. — Suppose a man-of-war takes a 
canoe, and it is proved to be a slaver, the officer’s word 
must be taken by the King. You, Obi, or some one 
for you, can be present to see justice done. 
Obi. — I understand. 
Commissioners. — Any new men coming henceforth 
to Aboh are not to be made slaves. 
Obi. — ^Very good. 
Commissioners. — If any Kdng, or other person, sends 
down slaves. Obi must not buy them. 
Obi. — I will not go to market to sell slaves. 
Commissioners. — Any white men that are enslaved 
are to be made free. 
The Commissioners here alluded to the case of the 
Landers ; and asked Obi if he did not remember the 
circumstance of their being detained some time as slaves. 
Obi, tinning round to his sons and headmen, appealed 
to them, and then denied all knowledge of Lander’s 
detention. 
Commissioners. — British people who settle in Aboh 
must be treated as friends, in the same way as Obi’s 
subjects would be if they were in England. 
Obi. — What you say to me I will hold fast, and 
perform. 
Commissioners. — People may come here, and follow 
their own religion without annoyance ? Our countrymen 
will be happy to teach our religion, without which blessing 
we should not be so prosperous, as a nation, as we now are. 
