Polishing slaves with a mixture of gunpowder, lemon-juice, and palm oil to make the skin shinier and more attractive to buyers. The captive received a coating, which by the hand of another sailor, was rubbed into the skin, and then polished with a 'danby-brush,' until the sable epidermis glistened like a newly-blacked boot

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