Hannay, David, 1853-1934 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 340
ebest, they were allowed the minimum of room in which tolie at full length. In the case of the overcrowded vessel, hequotes, they had to lie upon one another. The greed of herCaptain overreached itself. Fever and dysentery broke outin her, and more than half the blacks died. This was an… … (a) the hold of a slaver. 300 THE SEA TRADER tion of three to two tons. They naturally showed even lessregard to the blacks, and for them the proportion was fiveto two tons. Remember that the miserable captives spentthe greater part of every twenty-four hours in these over-crowded quarters, and…
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