Another extract from The Interesting Life Account of Gustavus Vassa

This is another extract from The Interesting Life Account of Gustavus Vassa .

I now wished for death , but soon two of the white men offered me food; and , on refusing to
eat , one of them held me fast by the hands , and tied my feet , while the other flogged me severely .

This was published in 1789.

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Slavery in British India - Bengal

Slaves during the great Famine of Eastern India(above). Bengal trade, 1640-85. In Bengal the East India Company had established a factory at Hughly, hard by the dismantled Portuguese fortress; but were exposed to so much insolence and extortion from the Mogul authorities that they were prepared to leave Bengal rather than tamely submit to further oppression. The trade was enormously profitable, and had helped to defray the cost of the fortifications at Madras and Bombay. Saltpetre had been in large demand ever since the breaking out of the civil war between Charles the First and his parliament. Raw silk and opium were equally marketable, and all three products could be brought from Patna to Hughly by the river Ganges. At Dacca, the old capital of Bengal to the eastward of the Ganges, muslins were manufactured of so fine a texture that a piece sufficient for a dress might be passed through a wedding ring; and every young lady in the British Isles who aspired to be a bride w

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William Wilberforce

A video on William Wilberforce created by me.

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