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the ortly fair comparison ^ the ^ e African compositions need not shrink * . . Mr . Wesley , who ^ vns now in London , continued his attention to the instruction of the brothers
by correspondence . Their gratitude for his kindness is expressed in the following letter ^ written by Ancona , which you may deem worthy of preservation , for the safce hoth of the scribe and the
sentiments . These , among numerous instances , serve to shew that the poet 4 < stoop ' d to truth /' who sang how " Skins may differ , but affection Glows in blacl ^ and white the same . "
Bristol , Jul " y 2 O , 1774 . Reverend Sir , My last , in "which came an account of the transactions that had-happened to us since we left Bristol , I hope came safe to hand , since which as this favourable opportunity offers , I take the liberty to
send you these feiy lines , to inform you of our well-doing here . It is with great pleasure that 1 can inform you of the advancement I have made , through your generous assistance when here , and by Mrs . Johnson , &c . in your absence , "whom we should visit much oftener than
we do for instruction , if not often prevented by bad weather , and the destance we are from her . The stud y of the . holy scriptures , first generously tought us by you , has been our chiefest employment ,
and have reaped such benefits from it , that we hope in a short time to be useful members of society , and to our great satisfaction the more we are acquainted with it for the conduct of our future lives , and a lively hope of a future sal-
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vation which will be always our chiefest care to attain ,, according to the principles learned us jbry . you . We have oat got any vessel yet For to carry us all home , and hope we snall ^ nave tn 6 re time to make a further progress in bur learning
before we-gocs , arid * yiU * . al ways be care * ful to remember the good and wholesome advice we have Received from you . Please tG give our' kind love to your worthy lankily , for whome with yourself we shall never forget offer up
our most fervent prayers to the Almighty Being , beseeching' hirji to reward you for all the good and care you have take of Reverend Sir , Your most faithful humble servant , ANCONA ROBIN ROBIN JOHN .
Artcona and his brother sailed again from Bristol , probably soon after the date of this letter . It is certain , that they at length reached their own country . The witness before thfc House of Com
mons , whose evidence I have quoted , and who quitted the slave-trade in 177 ft , says that he was u at Old Calabar when they
arrived , " arid that he saw in their " possession their depositions taken at Bristol , and of William * Floyd , who was mate of one of the ships when the transaction happened , "
It cannot be recollected without regret , that these apparently hopeful brothers were so soon . merged again in the population of Africa , especially of tfr&t part rendered peculiarly corrupt by the prevalence of the slave-tradef .
* * [ The journal of Little Ephraim Robin John , and Ancona Robin Robin John , has been kindly put into 6 ur possession by Mr . Kutt , and shall be given in the next number . Ed . ] t The trade carried on at this station , seems to have been attended with circumstance ? , remarkably disgraceful to the British . name . In , the debate on the Abolition , in 1792 , Mr . Wilberforce ^ mentioned in the House of Commons , the following instance which happened in 1791 , " at the very time when the inquiry concerning this trade was going forward in parliament *—Six British ships of ^ Bristol and Liverpool , were anchored off the town of Calafcar . The captains of these vessels , thinking that the natives asked too irluch for _ tk «» r slaves , hcsl 4 » consultation how they should proceed ; and agreed to fire upon the town unless their own terms were complied with . On a certain evening they notified their
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Account of Calabar Massacre and Two African Princes . 2 p 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 295, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/3/
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