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he would let them know the reason: The | he would let them know the reason: The | ||
| − | + | Governor Answered them; are not you | |
ashamed to come with your complaints | ashamed to come with your complaints | ||
about this. for I must trade as well as you | about this. for I must trade as well as you | ||
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them an Answer; The Phantees replied; | them an Answer; The Phantees replied; | ||
you know we trade with you, to load your | you know we trade with you, to load your | ||
| − | Company's Ship's & sell you | + | Company's Ship's & sell you Slaves for that |
Purpose, and after we have laden them, you | Purpose, and after we have laden them, you | ||
stop every Merchant Ship, & trade with | stop every Merchant Ship, & trade with | ||
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to Annamaboe) by which you ruin us: | to Annamaboe) by which you ruin us: | ||
for our poor People cannot sell off their | for our poor People cannot sell off their | ||
| − | wool, yams &ca. on that | + | wool, yams & ca. on that account, & for them |
to travel with such a heavy Burthen by | to travel with such a heavy Burthen by | ||
Land, every day to cape coast, to trade (being | Land, every day to cape coast, to trade (being | ||
nine miles or more) they could not; & to | nine miles or more) they could not; & to | ||
| − | hire a canoe to come by | + | hire a canoe to come by Water they could not |
| − | afford it: The | + | afford it: The Governor replied, that he |
must trade as well as them, & dismissed them. | must trade as well as them, & dismissed them. | ||
| − | with only 4 | + | with only 4 Gallons of Brandy, & ever after, |
would not look at them, nor make them | would not look at them, nor make them | ||
the Presents, the Capashires always use | the Presents, the Capashires always use | ||
to have, telling them to go home, & plant | to have, telling them to go home, & plant | ||
| − | cotton-Trees, and when they bore, bring it | + | cotton-Trees, and when they bore, to bring it |
to him, & he would send it over to England | to him, & he would send it over to England | ||
and order it, to be made up, convenient for | and order it, to be made up, convenient for | ||
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he would let them know the reason: The Governor Answered them; are not you ashamed to come with your complaints about this. for I must trade as well as you with them; and that if they would come to him about building a Fort, he would give them an Answer; The Phantees replied; you know we trade with you, to load your Company's Ship's & sell you Slaves for that Purpose, and after we have laden them, you stop every Merchant Ship, & trade with them likewise (not suffering them to come to Annamaboe) by which you ruin us: for our poor People cannot sell off their wool, yams & ca. on that account, & for them to travel with such a heavy Burthen by Land, every day to cape coast, to trade (being nine miles or more) they could not; & to hire a canoe to come by Water they could not afford it: The Governor replied, that he must trade as well as them, & dismissed them. with only 4 Gallons of Brandy, & ever after, would not look at them, nor make them the Presents, the Capashires always use to have, telling them to go home, & plant cotton-Trees, and when they bore, to bring it to him, & he would send it over to England and order it, to be made up, convenient for them, as they should direct; and likewise told them, that every one would then know the catchword Bounds /catchword
