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The sea trader, his friends and enemies (1912)

Hannay, David, 1853-1934 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 360

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ss than a height of 3 feet6 inches between decks. While a visit was actually beingmade aboard the Brazilian slaver, who spread a layer ofinnocent cargo over the concealed slave-hold por Inglezver (for the Englishman) to see, the concealed blackswere very possibly brought rather nearer asphyxiation… … THE SLAVER 319 way the wish to avoid capture led to a certain alleviationin the miseries of the captives. The slaver was driven toemploy a swifter vessel than the square-bowed, wall-sided,flat-bottomed tub of the eighteenth century. One of thefine American clippers, bought, if not actually built,…

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