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a month ago.
Qu. How did it begin?
A. About the dusk of the evening after I and three other peons had locked the doors of the apartments of the Bengally Prisioners below stairs, we went up stairs in Order to lock the doors of the Middle Passage. We fod Mr. C and 10 or 11 more walking up & down, and Mr. C. we won’t suffer you to lock the doors now, go & call your Master, & when he comes the doors may be shut. We then sent one of our