 | 1875 - 582 pages
...natives traffic in their own people, while the Arabs kidnap slaves in all directions. " On the 19th of June, 1866, we passed a woman tied by the neck to...determined that she should not become the property of any one else if she recovered afeer resting for a time. I may mention here that we saw others tied... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 852 pages
...eastenr coast of the Lake N'yassa. On the 19th of June a terrible sight met the eyes of the people : " We passed a woman, tied by the neck to a tree and...determined that she should not. become the property of any one else if she recovered ai'ter resting for a time. I may mention here that we saw others tied... | |
 | HORACE WALLER - 1875 - 596 pages
...People and their Peculiarities. — Regrets at the Abandonment of Bishop Mackenzie's Plans. June 19^, 1866. — WE passed a woman tied by the neck to a...determined that she should not become the property of any one else if she recovered after resting for a time. I may mention here that we saw others tied... | |
 | 1875 - 836 pages
...bones of slaves that have been killed or abandoned on the road."t "We passed," says Livingstone, " a woman tied by the neck to a tree, and dead. The...unable to keep up with the other slaves in a gang. . . .We saw others tied up in a similar manner." "We passed a slave woman shot or stabbed through the... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - Africa - 1875 - 582 pages
...Journals will serve to show what scenes then met his eye : «7. " 19¿/i June, 1SC6. — "We passed by a woman tied by the neck to a tree and dead ; the...had been unable to keep up with the other slaves in я gang, and her master had determined that she should not become the property of any one else if she... | |
 | Church work with the poor - 1876 - 398 pages
...in saying that human flesh is saltish, and needs but little condiment." SLAVERY HORRORs. " 1QthJune (1866).— We passed a •woman tied by the neck to...determined that she should not become the property of any one else if she recovered after resting for. a time. We saw others tied up in a similar manner,... | |
 | Alexander G. Murdoch - English poetry - 1877 - 218 pages
...; And Campbell, with " Hope's " ashes at his feet. THE SIN OF CHAINS. 149 THE SIN OF CHAINS. "19th June 1866.— We passed a woman tied by the neck to...determined that she should not become the property •of any one else if she recovered after resting for a time. I may mention here that we saw others tied... | |
 | Alexander G. Murdoch - English poetry - 1877 - 218 pages
...; And Campbell, with " Hope's " ashes at his feet. THE SIN OF CHAINS. 149 THE SIN OF CHAINS. "19th June 1866. —We passed a woman tied by the neck to...country explained that she had been unable to keep np with the other slaves in a gang, and her master had determined that she should not become the property... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 392 pages
...Those who show a disposition to rebel, or escape, have to carry a heavy log, called a taming-stick. the neck to a tree, and dead. The people of the country...determined that she should not become the property of any one else if she recovered after resting a time. I may mention here that we saw others tied up in... | |
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WE passed a woman tied by the neck to a tree, and dead. The people of the country explained that she had been unable to keep up with the other slaves in a gang, and her master had determined that she should not become the property of any one else if she... 
