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⟨darting⟩ on the foremost, cleft him to the ground. ⟨The⟩ sabres of his adversaries clashed over his head, ⟨but⟩ he heeded not death, and struggled hard to ⟨break⟩ the chains that encircled him. Ho still ⟨fought⟩, and his blood streamed around, till at length ⟨overcome⟩, he fell covered with wounds, and four of ⟨his⟩ adversaries lay dead beside him; the others ⟨bound⟩ up his wounds, and sent him with the rest ⟨of⟩ his party to the slave merchants.
Four hundred slaves were offered by Daisy for ⟨Mansong's⟩ release, but the offer was rejected; and ⟨on⟩ the bank of the Gambia, they were sold to an ⟨English⟩ Captain bound for Jamaica.—On their ⟨voyage⟩ they experienced all those horrors peculiar ⟨to⟩ confinement in a slave ship.
On their arrival, Mansong, whom we shall in ⟨future⟩ call Jack, that being the name given him on ⟨his⟩ arrival at Jamaica, with his fellow slaves, were ⟨disposed⟩ of according to lot. He was then branded ⟨on⟩ the breast, and he smiled upon tho red hot iron ⟨as⟩ it seared him; but he had vowed revenge, and ⟨called⟩ upon the God of his country to witness his ⟨vows⟩ of vengeance on the European race. He had ⟨often⟩ received the lash of his employers on his bare ⟨shoulders⟩; and as the blood trickled down his back, ⟨so⟩ did he resolve that for every drop, a white man's ⟨blood⟩ should sprinkle the plain!
Eighteen long tedious months had passed since ⟨he⟩ was dragged from his native country, from his ⟨friends⟩, and from his betrothed bride, the beautiful ⟨Zaldwna⟩—eighteen long tedious months had heard ⟨his⟩ groans; and Jack devised how to lash his ⟨persecutors⟩ with a rod of iron.
At this period the island of Jamaica was greatly ⟨infested⟩ with the professors of Obi, which caused ⟨the⟩ most dangerous and fatal consequences among
