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 -  The slaves which are
purchased by the Europeans on the Coast are chiefly of this description;
a few of them - Page 318
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The Slaves Which Are Purchased By The Europeans On The Coast Are Chiefly Of This Description; A Few Of Them

Are collected in the petty wars, hereafter to be described, which take place near the Coast; but by far the

Greater number are brought down in large caravans from the inland countries, of which many are unknown, even by name, to the Europeans. The slaves which are thus brought from the interior may be divided into two distinct classes; _first_, such as were slaves from their birth having been born of enslaved mothers: _secondly_, such as were born free, but who afterwards, by whatever means, became slaves. Those of the first description are by far the most numerous; for prisoners taken in war (at least such as are taken in open and declared war, when one kingdom avows hostilities against another) are generally of this description. The comparatively small proportion of free people to the enslaved, throughout Africa, has already been noticed; and it must be observed, that men of free condition have many advantages over the slaves, even in war time. They are in general better armed, and well mounted; and can either fight or escape with some hopes of success: but the slaves who have only their spears and bows, and of whom great numbers are loaded with baggage, become an easy prey. Thus, when Mansong, King of Bambarra, made war upon Kaarta, (as I have related in a former chapter,) he took in one day nine hundred prisoners, of which number not more than seventy were free men.

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