Excerpt from The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern: The Forms of Slavery That Prevailed in Ancient Nations, Particularly in Greece and Rome; The African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States Treaty between England and the United States, signed at Washington in 1842. - U. S. African Squadron under the treaty. - The Truxton captures an American slaver, the Spitfire, of New Orleans. - The Yorktown captures the Am. Bark Pons, with 896 slaves on board - Commander Bell's description of the sufferings of the slaves - they are landed at Monrovia and taken care _of. - Squadron of 1846. - Capture of the Chancellor. - Slave establishment destroyed by the English and natives. A slaver's history - embarkation and treatment of slaves. How disposed of in Cuba - Natural scenery of Africa. Excursion to procure slaves - their horror at the prospect of slavery. - Passage from Mozambique - the small-pox on board. More horrors of the Middle Passage. - The Estrella - revolt of negroes on board. 303. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.