Page:Abstract of the evidence for the abolition of the slave-trade 1791.djvu/122

( 88 ) concerning their treatment was made on his mind at the time and on the spot, for he repeatedly told the people of Bridgetown, that he hoped to live to see the unfortunate situation of these poor wretches taken up by some Member of Parliament, and that should such an event take place, he should look upon it as his duty to offer a voluntary declaration of what he knew of the matter.

CHAP. IX.