Now mark what the white man, the supposed representative of civilization and Christianity, did.

Fearing that the negroes would exhaust the store of provisions and water that had been landed, they resolved to destroy them while still in the water.

As soon as the rafts came within range, those on shore opened fire with rifles and muskets with such deadly effect that between three hundred and four hundred blacks were murdered.

Only thirty-four saved themselves--and for what?
A few weeks later they were sold in the slave mart at Kingston.
[Illustration: DEALERS WHO CAME ON BOARD WERE THEMSELVES KIDNAPPED] In the early days of the trade, the captains dealt with recognized chiefs along the coast of Guinea, who conducted marauding expeditions into the interior to kidnap slaves.

Rum was the purchase price, and by skillful dilution, a competent captain was able to double the purchasing value of his cargo.