 | F. Harrison Rankin - 1836 - Страниц: 356
...nook against the curre of the ship's side. I attempted to descend, in order to see the acwxnaxviauon. The height between the floor and ceiling was about...twenty-two inches. The agony of the position of the ervXK-hinsj slaves may be imagined, especially that of the men, whose heads and necks are bent down... | |
 | 1837 - Страниц: 340
...prison, as violent compulsion alone squeezed them into their nook against the curve of the ship's side. I attempted to descend, in order to see the accommodation....is unattainable. The body frequently stiffens into .1 permanent curve; and, in the streets of Freetown, I have seen liberated slaves in every conceivable... | |
 | Samuel Abraham Walker - 1847 - Страниц: 662
...note. violent compulsion alone squeezed them into their nook against the curve of the ship's side. I attempted to descend, in order to see the accommodation....especially that of the men, whose heads and necks are bent clown by the boarding above them. Once so fixed, relief by motion or change of posture is unattainable.... | |
 | William Fox - 1851 - Страниц: 678
...Rosamond:" and one had drowned himself on arrival, probably in fear of being " yammed" by the English I attempted to descend, in order to see the accommodation....unattainable. The body frequently stiffens into a premature curve; and in the streets of Free-Town I have seen liberated slaves in every conceivable... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - Страниц: 740
...prison, as violent compulsion alone squeezed them into their nook against the curve of the ship's side. I attempted to descend in order to see the accommodation....posture is unattainable. The body frequently stiffens in a permanent curve ; and in the streets of Freetown I have seen liberated slaves in every conceivable... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1856 - Страниц: 460
...descend in order to see the accommodation. The hight between the floor and ceiling was about twenty- two inches. The agony of the position of the crouching...posture is unattainable. The body frequently stiffens in a permanent curve; and in the streets of Freetown I have jseen liberated slaves in every, conceivable... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1857 - Страниц: 934
...prison, as violent compulsion alone squeezed them into their nook against the curve of the ship's side. I attempted to descend in order to see the accommodation....posture, is unattainable. The body frequently stiffens in a permanent curve ; and in the streets of Freetown I have seen liberated slaves of every conceivable... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1861 - Страниц: 452
...against the curve of the ship's side. I attempted to descend in order to see the accommodation. The bight between the floor and ceiling was about twenty-two...posture is unattainable. The body frequently stiffens in a permanent curve; and in the streets of Freetown I have seen liberated slaves in every conceivable... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Страниц: 848
...prison, as violent compulsion alone squeezed them into their nook against the curve of the snip's side. I attempted to descend in order to see the accommodation....posture is unattainable. The body frequently stiffens in a permanent curve ; and in the streets of Freetown I nave seen liberated slaves in every conceivable... | |
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A month had made their condition familiar to them. One or two were less philosophical, or suffered more acutely than the rest. Their shrieks rose faintly from their hidden prison, as violent compulsion alone squeezed them into their nook against the curve... 