 ... padlocked, so as to be removed in case of danger from tempest or fire, but they are rivetted — welded together by the blacksmith in his forge, never to be removed, nor loosened, until, after the horrors of the middle passage, the children of misery...  The Undergraduates' Answer to Livingstone - Page 21by Universities' Mission to Central Africa - 1876 - 30 pagesFull view - About this book
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...horrors of the middle passage, the children of misery shall be landed to bondage in the civilised world. The irons, too, serve the purpose of weights, and if time be allowed, more weights are added, to the end that the wretches may be entangled, to prevent their swimming. Nor... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1839 - 1184 pages
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 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1857 - 508 pages
...together by the blacksmith in his forge — never to be removed, nor loosened, until after enduring the horrors of the middle passage, the children of...be allowed in the hurry of the flight, more weights aro added, to the end that tho wretches may be entangled, to prevent their swimming. Why ? Because... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1858 - 478 pages
...horrors of the middle passage, the children of misery shall be landed to bondage in the civilized world. The irons, too, serve the purpose of weights; and if time be allowed, more weights are added, to the end that the wretches may be entangled, to prevent their swimming. Nor... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 660 pages
...horrors of the middle passage, the children of misery shall be landed to bondage in the civilised world. The irons, too, serve the purpose of weights ; and, if time be allowed, more weights are added, to the end that the wretches may be entangled, to prevent their swimming. Nor... | |
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