They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died.
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Indeed, the whole company, although thin in flesh, and generally of slight forms, and limbs, especially, are as good looking and intelligent a body of men as we usually meet with.Lewis Tappan
The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population of this country, as it promises to be to ill-fated Africa.
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The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated.
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The prisoners eyed the clothes some time, and laughed a good deal among themselves before they put them on.
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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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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.
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