. The New England magazine. ment onthe evil reaction of theslave trade. Of thethree little girls, onelhad been made prison-er by a party of menwho broke into hermothers house at mid-night, and the othert w o, having beenpawned for debtswhich were not paid,had been sold to paythose debts. The menwere of ordinaryheight, differed greatlyin features, and incolor varied fromblack to yellow. Somehad lived in villagesnear mountains andrivers, some in fenced picture in Landers Travels inAfrica, representing a hamlet com-posed of round clay dwellings withconical roofs thatched with leaves or
. The New England magazine. ment onthe evil reaction of theslave trade. Of thethree little girls, onelhad been made prison-er by a party of menwho broke into hermothers house at mid-night, and the othert w o, having beenpawned for debtswhich were not paid,had been sold to paythose debts. The menwere of ordinaryheight, differed greatlyin features, and incolor varied fromblack to yellow. Somehad lived in villagesnear mountains andrivers, some in fenced picture in Landers Travels inAfrica, representing a hamlet com-posed of round clay dwellings withconical roofs thatched with leaves orturf, without windows or chimney,all neatly arranged, and shaded bypalm trees, was recognized by themas being like their own villages. Theyhad figs, oranges, lemons, bananasand pineapples, cotton, rice and had been rice planters ; some hadowned cows, sheep, goats, hens ; somehad been hunters, killing leopards andelephants; some had been laborers;some had been blacksmiths, makingaxes and hoes; and some were sons of. REV. GEORGE E. DAY, D. D to work chiefs, gentlemen, who didnt do anywork, as the interpreter expressed committee of New Haven men,the Rev. Leonard Bacon, Rev. H. and Amos Townsend, Jr., hadbeen commissioned to provide suit-able instruction for the blacks, whonow had a little more liberty withinthe jail. They must have lived inconstant trepidation for weeks, untilthey had gained a little assurancefrom the evidence of friendly protec-tion. From the third-story windowsof the jail, which faced the Green onthe site of the present City Hall, theybeheld the pomp and circumstance oftraining day, and atonce the poor wretcheswere overcome byterror, thinking thatthe day of their deathhad come. To the callfor instructors therewas a quick responsefrom Mr. George , then assistant in-structor of Hebrew,now professor in theYale Divinity School,and some of the divin-ity students, who gavetheir morning hours to,this missionary workthus unexpectedlybrought
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