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... taken in the top- sails ; thereby confirming in the minds of the passen- gers , that the weather was indeed growing bad . The night began to grow pitchy dark , and the many vessels that were before seen around us , were now , from that ...
... taken in the top- sails ; thereby confirming in the minds of the passen- gers , that the weather was indeed growing bad . The night began to grow pitchy dark , and the many vessels that were before seen around us , were now , from that ...
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... taken a vessel to Barbados , he made a signal for a pilot ; and accordingly a black man , professing himself to be such , came on board . He was an African of ferocious aspect , and certainly not formed to create a very fa- vorable ...
... taken a vessel to Barbados , he made a signal for a pilot ; and accordingly a black man , professing himself to be such , came on board . He was an African of ferocious aspect , and certainly not formed to create a very fa- vorable ...
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... taken a vessel to Barbados , he made a signal for a pilot ; and accordingly a black man , professing himself to be such , came on board . He was an African of ferocious aspect , and certainly not formed to create a very fa- vorable ...
... taken a vessel to Barbados , he made a signal for a pilot ; and accordingly a black man , professing himself to be such , came on board . He was an African of ferocious aspect , and certainly not formed to create a very fa- vorable ...
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... taken a vessel to Barbados , he made a signal for a pilot ; and accordingly a black man , professing himself to be such , came on board . He was an African of ferocious aspect , and certainly not formed to create a very fa- vorable ...
... taken a vessel to Barbados , he made a signal for a pilot ; and accordingly a black man , professing himself to be such , came on board . He was an African of ferocious aspect , and certainly not formed to create a very fa- vorable ...
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... taken by the same from the seat of all my knowledge , and carried where " Miles and miles across the briny deep ; " " It sunk , and sunk , alas ! to rise no more . " I am heartily sorry for the fact , especially as my readers , ( for ...
... taken by the same from the seat of all my knowledge , and carried where " Miles and miles across the briny deep ; " " It sunk , and sunk , alas ! to rise no more . " I am heartily sorry for the fact , especially as my readers , ( for ...
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