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( 7 ) bound up his wounds, and ſent him with the reſt of his party, to the ſlave-merchants.

Four hundred ſlaves were offered by Daiſy for Manſong's releaſe, but the offer was rejected; and on the banks of the Gambia, they were ſold to an Engliſh captain bound for Jamaica.- On their voyage, they experienced all thoſe horrors peculiar to confinement in a ſlave ſhip:

On their arrival Manſong (whom we ſhall, in future call Jack, that being the name given him on his arrival at Jamaica) with his fellow-ſlaves, were diſpoſed of according to lot. He was then branded on the breaſt and he ſmiled upon the red hot iron as it feared him; but he had vowed revenge and called upon the God of his country to witneſs his vows of vengeance on the European race. He had often received the laſh of his employers on his bare ſhoulders; and as the blood trickled down his back, ſo did he reſolve that for every drop a white man's blood ſhould ſprinkle the plain!

Eighteen long tedious months had paſſed ſince he was dragged from his native country, from his friend, and from his betrothed bride, the beautiful Zaldwna-eighteen long tedious months had heard his groans; and Jack deviſed how to laſh his perſecutors with a red of iron.

At this period the iſland of Jamaica was greatly infeſted with the profeſſors of obi, which cauſed the moſt dangerous and fatal conſequences among the negroes. The obi was a ſyſtem of witchcraft, religiouſly believed in by all the negroes. No wonder then that the heroic ſoul of Jack became a prey to this weakneſs. He confidently hoped that the poſſeſſion of an obi would at once render him feared by his fellow ſlaves, and ſecure his vengeance on the Europeans. He therefore ſought