ABSTRACT
Author’s prejudices against the African trade—Voyage to Jamaica—Loss of a seaman overboard—Singular phenomenon at sea—Press tenders at Liverpool—Author induced to try the African trade—Sails for the coast as mate—Horrid custom at Bonny, on occasion of the king’s death—Benin people—Voyage to Africa in the Bell—The Bonny pilot “My Lord”—Theatricals at Bonny—Punishment of a native—Voracity of the shark—Ship driven on shore in a tornado—Is got off—Author saves a black man from drowning—Regulations for the African trade, and Mr. Wilberforce—Voyage to Africa in the Jane—Mr. John Cummins—King Pepple’s death—Punishment of a native accused of crim. con.—A black boy—Return to England.
