[98] This circumstance took place before the late abolition of the slave trade.
[103] The day has since arrived, when the persevering efforts of Mr. Wilberforce to accomplish this happy purpose have been fully answered. The slave trade is abolished! The Church of God rejoices at this triumph of the cause of Christ over the powers of darkness.
[105] In the course of conversation, he sometimes addressed me with the word “Massa,” for “Master,” according to the well known habit of the Negro slaves in the West Indies; and sometimes ‘Sir,’ as he was taught since his arrival in England; but the former word seemed to be most familiar to him.
[107] A kind of shell-fish, which abound in the place where we were, and which stick to the rocks with exceeding great force.
[121] Song of Solomon i. 5.
[203] The foregoing conversation took place on September 22, 1808, and is faithfully related.
J--- S---, the good old man, died in the Infirmary, in December 1808.