Therefore, in exchange for the kidn*pped black men, women and children, the Afrikan kings, tribal chiefs and black middle‑men received the equally highly treasured firearms, g*n‑flints and gunpowder, ornaments, glass beads, cowries shells from the Maldive islands. Cowrie shells were used as currency in many places along the West Coast of Afrika. Other considerations in exchange for black slaves included brassware, iron bars, bolts of brilliant cottons, woolen clothes, silks, c****d hats, sheets of Dutch cotton, knives, kettles, basins, brandy and rum, beside other commodities that stimulated the black Africans’ vile greed, to sacrifice one another to such heinous horror as was suffered in s*****y.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
As the old, sea‑battered slave ship sailed creaking and rocking towards the
