Copy 1, Volume 1

Three years adventures, of a minor, in England, Africa, the West Indies, South-Carolina and Georgia / By Wm. Butterworth [pseud.].

Schroeder, Henry, 1774-1853.

Date:: 1831

Credit: Three years adventures, of a minor, in England, Africa, the West Indies, South-Carolina and Georgia / By Wm. Butterworth [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$the ship to the other, one of whom held something in his hand that, from its size and shape, appeared to belong to the piunp. According to instructions, I sounded an alarm; in an instant the hatch was removed, and a party descended the ladder; the strictest search was then made to find out what I considered an appendage to the pump; but search was unavailing: nothing could be found answ'ering the description I gave of it, and I have since thought, that they found means of conveying it through the partition into the apartment of the boys. By the search, however, I recovered the drawers that had been taken out of the ]mmp gear ; one of the slaves having them on at the time the search took place, who, I found, was in the habit of putting them on at night, to imitate the costume of the white people, more than for any purpose of utility. They w^ere much worse for wear, the seat being entirely worn away; however, I was happy in their restoration. Finding that the Eboes were more numerous, pos- sessed more physical strength, and alwa3'S looked upon themselves as infinitely superior to any of the other negro tribes, policy dictated to me the ad\’^an- tage of cultivating a friendship with them. Accord- ingly, I frequently sat down amongst tliem, paying more attention to them than to any of the other tribes. They were very inquisitive about their future destination, and asked, if we always lived I$