He Meant By
This To Signify That, After What I Must Have Witnessed In My Own
Country, Nothing In Africa Could In His Opinion Deserve A Moment's
Attention.
I have preserved these little traits of character in
this worthy negro, not only from regard to the man, but also because
they appear to me to demonstrate that he possessed a mind ABOVE HIS
CONDITION.
And to such of my readers as love to contemplate human
nature in all its varieties, and to trace its progress from rudeness
to refinement, I hope the account I have given of this poor African
will not be unacceptable.
No European vessel had arrived at Gambia for many months previous to
my return from the interior, and as the rainy season was now setting
in I persuaded Karfa to return to his people at Jindey. He parted
with me on the 14th with great tenderness; but as I had little hopes
of being able to quit Africa for the remainder of the year, I told
him, as the fact was, that I expected to see him again before my
departure. In this, however, I was luckily disappointed, and my
narrative now hastens to its conclusion; for on the 15th, the ship
Charlestown, an American vessel, commanded by Mr. Charles Harris,
entered the river. She came for slaves, intending to touch at Goree
to fill up, and to proceed from thence to South Carolina. As the
European merchants on the Gambia had at this time a great many
slaves on hand, they agreed with the captain to purchase the whole
of his cargo, consisting chiefly of rum and tobacco, and deliver him
slaves to the amount in the course of two days.
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