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Show 210 APPENDIX TO NO'.rE S . Eafltvn Star tlc licntcly phra~cs it, w.ho cullinttc the farms in 1\Ia_ryhnd, to say nothin;:; of tho:;c who tod ~wd sweat upon ~~• c,~\:~nb.tLon · l'llis1Sil:!sippi " worth f'CVN'ai hundred thousand t.lolhm'l. Ih•s nabob ) i~ cs in l\ •·splend id'' re.')idcncc, w!Jilc his_tou.r huu~rctl" servants" spend thcit· days in the COl'll li~lds am\ t hc1r mghts m .'''l'Clchc? hu t~ - unpaid fOr their ln.Uor, or p:ud Oldy :ts h o~scs arc p:ud, tha.t IS, fed and sheltered well c nou;:;h to keep them ilt for work j uueducat('d, Jlay, strictly dcbatTC(I fr~m~ educallnn, CYCn f•:om enough to cn~l.IIO tlu·m to rcrvl tl10 \\'unl of God; dchtlncd ulso ir(JIIl a ll oppOJ·tund tes to Letter their condition; and not ~urc from onc. lllomcnt. ton not her th:tt their wircfl, or lw:o:h:1.ndfl, oz· clnldn·n 1\rO l h.<'H' own, fur they :uc I i :~blo to bo sold at :my tiuw, on the least wlum or _capz·icc of ~u!. J•:Jward Lloyd, or wlu.•ucn·.r . th:zt ~<'ntlcllla n may w.•~h fur a lntlo more poekct money. 1\o fewl:d lord, no noblenmn •.n any_ c~unu·y, C\'Cil t he mol'lt ni;:Miu:l' :wd uw:-;t Jmrbarous, hold~ Ius serf~ Ill MH:It coulpktc 8ul:jection as t\ti:.; I\la.r_y!anJ :-;1.:~~() Jri':-'1' . . Yu~ every OIL~ or tln•m is ~~ native Li,rn Ame:·tl':lll, ~~ e1br.cn ol tin::~" fz·cc l'<']lllblH·,' :wJ m:tny of them may bu awl prlliJ:d,ly arc greatly superior to tlwir •· owzwt·'; in all t h:~t eoit~tit;:t(::, ftumau wnnh or excellence. J.<'rctleJ·iek Dun;.:;ia.~K, :\S alJie :~ IIL.lll as Mar_i l:~w.l b:t::l JH'odu\·ed, :t man of g 1·(·:~lt.'L· i1ttdlcvt :~nd nohlPr l'lt:u·adN than :~ny public llHLII of tlntt ::1\:ltll a t riLil'l d:ty, wa.-; lJUIH :\lld hvl1l :~ .:-l:ne lor tweu~y .Yt·:trH on iiiW of th1l pbnt: ~tiOriK 11i' ilds J<:UtW t'ul. Ed wan~ Llu_y~l. ~o l!lil!l c:ln t•·ll huw llli\ IIY tii!JI'C blaek Dt.ugbs. t~.S then! 111:1y IJP \l'llhc1·m~ HI IJ,.:"HIIl':IIU'I.l a od \\' l't·leht•dtu•,;a 1111 thl'l"l~ j <lauta!it,ll.-;, that Uul. .EU\\al'J. L!oyi.lmay li1e i11 ari~"tot·r:die J'lllll]! :uullu:-..ury. J<'re..:utt'U uf .Xev: J·:n;.!.LIIul and tlte North , working mC'n, mcch:tnic~, hlJVt·et·s anJ t:n·mct·~ , luok a;;:tin at tl li ::~ :wcount of t his ,\laryland bla\ll d rivot·. Yuu ha\'tl a pct·:,otml iutcreRt in it. , \.call ha1c a pt•rsonal intere::;t in it. Col. Edward Lloyd i:.; one of our ma~l('rf; . He i:; otnJ uf t!JOfiC \\lw dicl:t!e tlw puliey which is JHtr::ucd at Wtlbhiug· to••-one of tlii.J:-,e who h:L\e exl\'ndcd their pt•euli::r i1t::1titutiou OH'r out· once free soil. :;o t h:Lt tlll'y lll:ty hunt t heir fu:;iti\-e.s upon it-one of t ho:-,e "Ito dt~•:larc f!t:tt if we murmm· ot· "a~i t:ttc" about it, or ~:;C'nd n•pre,;(·n tatin:-!'1 w <..:u n ~n':-..o,; t\J "]lt'ilk ;_tbout it, tla·y w.i\1 di:,.~llhe tlw Union, ami u\·enhrow t h•· Ht'JII!JJIH· winch ourfather::~fuulHlC1.1 hy th('ir ndo1·, and built up J.y tlll•ir 1ri~d1Jill. . . J lvwl'vcr, it i'1 tt consulatiun to rt'IHL' tllb('r, :wutl our t!P~I':'ltl:lttull, that if we nrc Hlan'<', we I ta \~· ma;~nili<..:ent. m:tstt•t·<'-lhat our t111'liP~·:-~ arc not "commou white IJil'll,n but :.;PlLtl('mrn "lw lin· in .,p\ctnlttl rcl"idtJn..:c~, a ttd han· im·mHt·s uf OHI.l hundred ant[ fifty thuuHanU dollar.-;. L et u~ i.Je dJankful at lca~liUl· that. A 1'l'Ll\'D1X, ll. COXIHTIO.S 0~' 'l'l!E N£CHO IX Al-'RIC.\, 'J'ho following Extracts a rc taken from rlctcher's Studies on 81S~c?';rP,;~ \~~-f~~L~~ means, it may be well to cx:uuinc the negro ia ltis native ranges. AP PEND I X TO N OT E S . 217 About t hirty YNil"" n~o, we had n. knowli'dgc_ of an Af1·icn.n. slave, the propCrty of ~lr. Booktcr, of :::it. llclcna. Pansh, La. SedgJo was appa1·cntly alJout sixty y ears of agc-wn.s cs~ccmed to be unus uall.Y inlcl\i<rCflt for an Afl·ie:m. ' \'e r•·oposc to gi\'C the s ubstance of hts narri..t?vc, without regt\rd to hi1-1 language Ol' manner. For n l~ngth of time we made it an ol Ucct to dmw out. his knowledge and n otw~s ; and on the s uldect of the Deity, hif! idea was that the ~owe~ wlu ch made him Wil. flJn·ocrcation; and t.ha t, as far a.s rc~nrdcd Ins cxtstcncc, he needed not to cnr·c for any other god. '.l'his deity wns to be worshipped by wh!liCn'r act would rC'prcscnt l1 im flS rnw:reato1·. It n eed not I.Je rem:u-kcd that Uti.'l wors hip was llw extreme of in<.lcccney; but. t he more the :LCL of wortihip was woundinrr to tho feelings or sense of delicacy, the more aCC'i'pt:~blc it. was to t!tC' god. 'l'be d isplays or t hi!t worship could not well bo dci1cl'ibcd. Scdgjo':; ac~ou.nt put us in mind of J\Iaa.~lmh , the mother of Asn. In t hi~ worslu p, 1t was not uncommon to k il l, r oast, and cat young children, with the view to propitiate the god, and m~k e its pa rents prolific. So ali<o the first-born or a mother was sometnncs kille<.l and entcn, in thnnkfulnPi't'l to the ~od for making them t'hc inst rumf'nts of its procreation. The king was the OWIW l' and mafl ter of the whole tribe. He might ki ll anJ. Jo what clso he }JlcascJ ".;ith them. The ;~·~l~7~~c u~r~)~o~:~~f~~~~i~~i;~l.!y !1,\~o:~~~:f~~ w~;~tp::~ t~8~~~~~ :~~~fc~st~~~'\~~ sacrifices were generally persons ca ptured f1·om other tribes. l'crsonK ~~~.tt~rc•~(~i·t~1~t}toc.~~-:~~~?~~· ~~~.~~t l~c ~~~ ~~~~,~~~~~~c~~~~~'::.i~~- d:Jt~ ~~~es~~~~ killed in hat tie, a nd fell i11to the h:tnds of those who tilcw him, they ff'a::ltt~d on him nt nig ht. l f they c:.ptu red one ali\·o who had done the tribe great inj u ry, ~~ d •~.Y was S('t apn1·t for nil tho tribe to rc>C'ngc thcmsclrcs, antl feast on him. The feet and palms of the hnnl.la .were the most J.clicious par ts. Wilen the king or mas ter died, ~>Omc of his fa \·ouritc wives and other ~< l axcs were put to dC'ath, so that ho yet should Jmvc their com puny anJ. scrl'iccs. The k ing and the men of the t ribe sehlom cult iva ted the land; but the women a nd captured slaves oro the cultivators. '!'hey ncnn· whip n. slave, but strike him with a club ; sometimes break his bones or kill him: if they kill him, tJ1c.y eat h im. Scdp:jo belonged to the king's fa mily; sometimes commanded aN hcnd man ; consequPntly, had he not ' been sold, would ha ,·c been killed and eaten. The idea of beiw,. kii\Nl and eaten was not n't v d •·cadful to him ; he IHtll rather iJc N~t'cn by men thnu to hrwe the Uic:o; cat him. .He once thought white men bought slaves to ent, a f! they did go:tt;:. i~.!~.~~h ~1etl;~;\,~~~, ~~~\,'~l;~\~ ::~~tJ1' s1~~c:\·o.J t~~~~~~tt~;:~r~i~~·i~;l~~f~; f .st; :~~ eaten hy.rcd than hy black lips. 0 On shlpho:tJ·d, nn~ny t ry to sb1rw•, or j ump into th<' .<:ea, to ki'('j• thom:;eh·cs fmm L~·1 n:.; eaten Ly the rcJ-lipl'l. j)j(l UH·y but know what was wa ntPd of them, t he moMt would Uc glad to cOlliC'. li t• ca nnot tell bow Ion~ he was nn the way fo the ships, nor did I.e knw.,whcre2~ e \1 a.s gowg ; thinks b~/·as t;olJ many ti lllCI.l LH.:rurc he gt..L |