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expectation of aſfudden fate: ſhe ſtrained it to ⟨her⟩ arms in ſimple love and unaſſiſted protection, ⟨and⟩ flew to depoſit her tender burden in the retreat ⟨of⟩ diſtant ſafety: ſhe flew in vain: the tempeſt ⟨reaching⟩ her and ſwept the child, unconſcious of ⟨danger⟩ from her folding arms, and daſhed her hopes ⟨and⟩ comforts to the ground. She recovered, and to ⟨her⟩ boſom reſtored the pleaſing charge: ſhe ⟨endeavoured⟩ to ſooth it with her voice; but it was (illegible text) ſhe felt it, and ſhe found it cold: ſhe ſcreamed, (illegible text) lamented, and ſhe curſed: nor could our ⟨ſympathy⟩ conſole her ſorrows, our remonſtrances (illegible text) ſtrain ⟨her⟩ violence, nor our authority ſuppreſs her ⟨execrations⟩. She felt like a mother, although an apa(illegible text) might ſay ſhe did not feel like a Chriſtian. ⟨What⟩ a cold and illiberal diftinction! Give a Negro ⟨religion⟩, and eſtabliſh him in either the principles ⟨of⟩ obedience, or the knowledge of endurance, and ⟨he⟩ will not diſgrace that tenet which ſhall be ⟨recommended⟩ by practice. Her lamentations were a(illegible text)ral, and of conſequence affecting, and give ⟨additional⟩ deſpondency to a night that was already ⟨too⟩ miſerable to bear an augmentation of ſorrow.
The darkneſs of the night, the howling of ⟨the⟩ winds, the growling of the thunder, and the ⟨partial⟩ flaſhes of the lightning that darted through ⟨the⟩ murky cloud, which ſometimes burſt forth with ⟨a⟩ plenitude of light, and at others hardly gave ⟨ſufficient⟩ lamination to brighten the terrified aſpect ⟨of⟩ the negroes; that, with cold and fear, were ⟨trembling⟩ around; the cries of the children who were ⟨expoſed⟩ to the weather, and who (poor ⟨innocents)⟩ had loſt their mothers in the darkneſs and ⟨confuſion⟩ of the night; and the great uncertainty of ⟨general⟩ and private ſituation combined; could not fail ⟨to⟩ ſtrike the ſoul with as deep as it was an ⟨unaccustomed⟩ horror. In the midſt of danger, in the a(illegible text)
