But he is gone for ever from their sight: and they must be now disconsolate, as they must be certain by his delay, that he has fallen into the hands of the _Christians_".
"And now, as I have mentioned the name of _Christians_, a name, by which the Europeans distinguish themselves from us, I could wish to be informed of the meaning which such an appellation may convey.

They consider themselves as _men_, but us unfortunate Africans, whom they term _Heathens_, as the _beasts_ that serve us.

But ah! how different is the fact! What is _Christianity_, but a system of _murder_ and _oppression_?
The cries and yells of the unfortunate people, who are now soon to embark for the regions of servitude, have already pierced my heart.

Have you not heard me sigh, while we have been talking?
Do you not see the tears that now trickle down my cheeks?
and yet these hardened _Christians_ are unable to be moved at all: nay, they will scourge them amidst their groans, and even smile, while they are torturing them to death.

Happy, happy Heathenism! which can detest the vices of Christianity, and feel for the distresses of mankind." "But" we reply, "You are totally mistaken: _Christianity_ is the most perfect and lovely of moral systems.