“ He says he has great reason to believe, that in no trade are seamen so badly treated as in the slave-trade, from their flying to men of war for redress, and whenever they come within reach; whereas men from West Indian or other trades seldom apply to a ship of war. [1] ”

“ The rest, he believes, regained their own ship. The majority of the crew had the day before come on board the Nautilus in a boat to complain of ill usage, but he had returned them with an officer to inquire into and redress their complaints. He received many letters from seamen in slave-ships, complaining of ill usage, and desiring him to protect them, or take them on board. He is inclined to think, that ships trading in the produce of Africa, are not so ill used as those in the slave-ships. ”

“ On the return of the Adventure's boat from the fort, they were hailed by some seamen belonging to the Fly, requesting that they might be taken from on board the Guineaman, and put on board the man of war, for that their treatment was such as to make their lives miserable. ”

“ Mr. Morley has seen the seamen lie and die upon deck. They are generally, he says, treated ill when sick. He has known men ask to have their wounds or ulcers dressed; and has heard the doctor, with oaths, tell them to take their own dung and dress them.
Mr. Ellison also, in describing the treatment in the Briton, says, there was a boy on board, whom Wilson, the chief mate, was always beating. One morning, in the passage out, he had not got the tea-kettle boiled in time for his breakfast, upon which, when it was brought, Wilson told him he would severely flog him after breakfast. ”

“ The boatswain said he would jump overboard; upon which he was tied to the rail of the quarter-deck, and a pump-bolt put into his mouth by way of gagging him. He was then untied, put under the half-deck, and a centinel put over him all night—in the morning he was released. Mr. Falconbridge always considered him as a quiet, inoffensive man. ”

“ He himself has often seen the Captain as he has walked by, kick them repeatedly, and if they have said any thing that he might deem offensive, he has immediately called for a stick to beat them with; they, at the same time, having both legs in irons, an iron collar about their necks, and a chain ”