One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators, by taking a large lump of ice to show these strangers from the tropics.
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The Anti-Slavery public have generously responded to our appeal, and sent the means to enable us to fit them out well, to pay their passages, supply them with many useful articles and give the Missionaries money to sustain themselves for a while.Lewis Tappan
The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated.
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If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.
Lewis Tappan
Two or three of the men, besides one of the little girls, are natives of Congo, which is on the coast just south of the equator.
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They are entitled to their freedom here.
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I distributed some religious tracts, in the morning, to the convicts, and attempted to instruct the African prisoners, especially the children.
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