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in such a shocking manner by the whips of two negro-driveis , that she was from her neck to her ancles literally dyed over with blood . It was after she had received two hundred lashes , that I perceived her , with her head hanging downwards , a most aiFecting spectacle . When , turning to the overseer , I implored that she might be immediately unbound , Since she had undergone the whole of so severe a punishment ; but the short answer which I obtained was , that to prevent all strangers from interfering with his
government , he had made an unalterable rule , in that case , always to double the punishment , which he instantaneously began to pat in ex action .: I en-, deavoured to stop him , but iti vain , be declaring the delay should not alter his determination , but make him take vengeance with double interest . Thus I had no other remedy but to run to my boat , and leave the detestable monster , like a beast of prey , to enjoy his bloody feast , till he was glutted From that day I determined to break . off all communication with overseers , and c .-iuld
not refrain from bitter imprecati-ms against the whole relentless fraternity . Upon investigating the cause of this matchless barbarity , I was credibly informed , that her only crime consisted in firmly refusing to submit to the loathsome embraces of her detestable executioner . Prompted by his jealousy ami revenge , he called this the punishment of disobedience , and she was thus flead alive . ' The reader will , no doubt , imagine , that such cruelty was unparalleled ; but this is not the case , it was even exceeded , and by a female too , * A Mrs . S—Ik—r going ' to her estate in a tent barge , a negro woman ,
with her sucking infant , happened , to be passengers , and were seated the bow or fore-part of the boat . The child crying , for pain , perhaps , or some other reason , could not be hushed ; Mrs . S—Ik—r , oifended with the cries of this innocent little creature , ordered the mother to bring ira'ft , and deliver it into her hands ; then , in the presence of the distracted parent , she immediately thrust it out at one of the tilt-windows , where she held it under water till it was drowned , and then let it go . The fond mother , in a state of
desperation , instantly leapt over-board into the stream , where floated her beloved offspring , in conjunction with which shew-as detei mined to finish her miserable existence . In this , however , she was prevented by the exertions of the negroes who rowed the boat , and was punished by her mistress with three or four hundred fashes for her during temerity . ' Other accounts , equally shocking , are interspersed through the narrativemore than sufficient , surely , to keep the attention of the public awake to the
grand object of the abolition of the slave-trade . The present state of t he colony respecting commerce is -accurately described , and the value of its annual produce . given at £ . 13 , 000 , 000 . Sugar , coffee , ancl indigo plantations tire described . The numerous p lates , by which the work is illustrated ancl embellished , representing human figures , animals , plant ? , views of the country , & c . are neatly engraved , and are , we have gicat reason to believe , faithful and correct delineations ofobjetes described in the work . — , On the whole , we cannot doubt , that this curious and interesting narrative will be well received by the public .
7 ravels in thejear 1791 , through France , Turkey , and Hungary , to Vienna , concluding tuilb an Account of that City . In a Scries of Letters , to a Lady in England . By William Hunter , Esq . 8 vo . pages 451 . B . and J . White , 179 6 . AMONG the great variety of boots of travels that have been lately published , we select this volume as one cf the best written and most entertaining
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Review Of New Publications.
in such a shocking manner by the whips of two negro-driveis , that she was from her neck to her ancles literally dyed over with blood . It was after she had received two hundred lashes , that I perceived her , with her head hanging downwards , a most aiFecting spectacle . When , turning to the overseer , I implored that she might be immediately unbound , Since she had undergone the whole of so severe a punishment ; but the short answer which I obtained was , that to prevent all strangers from interfering with his
government , he had made an unalterable rule , in that case , always to double the punishment , which he instantaneously began to pat in ex action .: I en-, deavoured to stop him , but iti vain , be declaring the delay should not alter his determination , but make him take vengeance with double interest . Thus I had no other remedy but to run to my boat , and leave the detestable monster , like a beast of prey , to enjoy his bloody feast , till he was glutted From that day I determined to break . off all communication with overseers , and c .-iuld
not refrain from bitter imprecati-ms against the whole relentless fraternity . Upon investigating the cause of this matchless barbarity , I was credibly informed , that her only crime consisted in firmly refusing to submit to the loathsome embraces of her detestable executioner . Prompted by his jealousy ami revenge , he called this the punishment of disobedience , and she was thus flead alive . ' The reader will , no doubt , imagine , that such cruelty was unparalleled ; but this is not the case , it was even exceeded , and by a female too , * A Mrs . S—Ik—r going ' to her estate in a tent barge , a negro woman ,
with her sucking infant , happened , to be passengers , and were seated the bow or fore-part of the boat . The child crying , for pain , perhaps , or some other reason , could not be hushed ; Mrs . S—Ik—r , oifended with the cries of this innocent little creature , ordered the mother to bring ira'ft , and deliver it into her hands ; then , in the presence of the distracted parent , she immediately thrust it out at one of the tilt-windows , where she held it under water till it was drowned , and then let it go . The fond mother , in a state of
desperation , instantly leapt over-board into the stream , where floated her beloved offspring , in conjunction with which shew-as detei mined to finish her miserable existence . In this , however , she was prevented by the exertions of the negroes who rowed the boat , and was punished by her mistress with three or four hundred fashes for her during temerity . ' Other accounts , equally shocking , are interspersed through the narrativemore than sufficient , surely , to keep the attention of the public awake to the
grand object of the abolition of the slave-trade . The present state of t he colony respecting commerce is -accurately described , and the value of its annual produce . given at £ . 13 , 000 , 000 . Sugar , coffee , ancl indigo plantations tire described . The numerous p lates , by which the work is illustrated ancl embellished , representing human figures , animals , plant ? , views of the country , & c . are neatly engraved , and are , we have gicat reason to believe , faithful and correct delineations ofobjetes described in the work . — , On the whole , we cannot doubt , that this curious and interesting narrative will be well received by the public .
7 ravels in thejear 1791 , through France , Turkey , and Hungary , to Vienna , concluding tuilb an Account of that City . In a Scries of Letters , to a Lady in England . By William Hunter , Esq . 8 vo . pages 451 . B . and J . White , 179 6 . AMONG the great variety of boots of travels that have been lately published , we select this volume as one cf the best written and most entertaining