...disgraceful to humanity. A good negro," continues he, " with his wife and young family rising about him, is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly separated...terminate his miserable existence in the mines of Mexico ; and all this without any crime or demerit on his part, real or pretended. He is punished because...

...a house, obtained a wife, and begins to see a young family rising about him. In this situation, he is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly separated...dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, and sent perhaps to terminate his miserable existence in the mines of Mexico, excluded for ever from the...

...support, but the means also of adding something to the mere necessaries of life. In this situation, he is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly separated...miserable existence in the mines of Mexico, excluded forever from the light of heaven ; and all this without any crime or demerit on his part, real or pretended....

...acquired property is seized upon by the sheriff's officer for the payment of his master's debts: he is forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged...in the mines of Mexico; excluded for ever from the light of heaven! and all this without any crime or imprudence on his part, real or pretended. He is...

...his master's debts : he is forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged to publicauction, purchased by a stranger, and perhaps sent to terminate...in the mines of Mexico ; excluded for ever from the light of heaven! and all this without any crime or imprudence on his part, real or pretended. He is...

...now a hurricane destroys in a moment all the master's prospects of his affluence, the wretched negro is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly separated...dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, and, although free from any charge of crime, sent, loaded with chains, perhaps to terminate his miserable...

...now a hurricane destroys in a moment all the master's prospects of his affluence, the wretched negro is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly separated...dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, and, although free from any charge of crime, sent, loaded with chains, perhaps to terminate his miserable...

...acquired property is seized upon by the sheriff's officer for the payment of his master's debts ; he is forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, 3 History of the West Indies, from which these ideas are adopted — not stolen. and perhaps sent to...

...•irop'erty is se'ized upon' by the sheriffs officer for the pay'merit of his ma'ster's debt: he is forcibly sep'arated from his wife and chil'dren, drag'ged...to public auc'tion, pur'chased by a stra'nger, and perhap's sent to ter'minate his mis'erable exis'tence in the mi'nes of Mexico, exclu'ded for ev'er...

...officer, dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, separated from his wife and children, and perhaps sent to terminate his miserable existence in the mines of Mexico. The parliamentary act authorizing such proceedings, passed in the reign of George II., for " the more...