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    Mfe ^ iMP *! £$ ?* $% iW JPS&RCg of ffe m ^ fa ^ eh » & ifl os % b > « v * l ^ M j ^^ S ^ , : an eminent and prospero us planter

    , j $ lt * £ island of Nevis ; the repiued gw / i ^ pf aboye 6 Q 0 ijfegroes . He reguiped 9 / his slaves on one of | ti ^ plantations to perform nighfijV ; 9 rk l ? v ^ bicl ^ i ^ bpth unusual and ^ prhild ^ by , lavv ; some of the to

    ^ ip h ^ pgy , cf ^ ajtures refused obey his comqionds . He resolved on f ignal vengeance ; and not content >^ th torturing his poor slaves , he resolved that the public mar-J ^ t * f > lace ^ f Charlestown should fee the theatre oi the dreadful e * e-

    ^ Utioru Accordingly , on the 23 d ^ fja ^ ary , i $ lQ , he went , attended hy two of his sous on horseback , W ^ r HPW ^ dsjpf twenty of hi ^ de"vp ^ ecij ; victims ^ mep and women , in c # stp $ y of the d ^ iy ei ^^ through

    t ^ he str ^ etsf of Chariestowi ] to tfee warlvet-p ^ ace ; and the ^ pro ( ceed ( - ed to indulge l ^ is ci ^ Ufcilty j to the i 4 | flgL 9 &f :,: during . m ^ thap two liouis , in open (^ ay and in front of jpbje cpijr ^ qi justice . The negroqs Hj 5 f ^ ^ ii cc ^ ive ^ sii ^ c ted t ^ th ^ I ^^ j tflatj b , to a w ^ hip as long as a Londoh v carman ' s , with a

    wir ^ l ^ h ^ injected i ? poi } the n ^ ked ppthes of the viqtini ^ extended | orq ^^ y 5 > n ^ ground ,, with their mces ^ ownward ^ . j u To 9 pe n

    five ; tp a fpyrth r t \ yo hundred and fifty-tifl Q ; to a fitth , two hundred an 4 t > K ^ lK

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    ? ^ W ^ % i ^ ^ Hndfed , apd ^ ri to ^ Qthe ^ ii ft $ e ^ ht ; ^ o ^ ifc xd lyq ^ i ai ^ pi ^^ y . sp ^ nj to a fourth , t ^ o hundred an (| fwelv ^; to a fifth , | vyo hundn ^ l and niaety-oiie to

    tc ^ h ^ th 5 eighty ^ tiree ; an . pther , eighty-nin ^ ; and to v ^ r ioys other women and men , yarioui pther cruel measures of the same punishrneiit . ' It appears that one of the yvumen ^ ho was the mos t

    severely whipped has died since the trial , or has since been discovered to be dead . Either this , or some other female sufferer , cried

    out during the whipping , that she was vyith childj bxit vvas disregard ed and her punishment went on One of the drivers , or exeicutipner ? , was brother to one of the men to

    whom h ^ was compelled cu ^ Ja pieces !—At the time this tragedy was acting , there were no Uss than seven magistrates in Charlestown ; four of thenj within hearing of the lash ; and twp of the four Reverend pluralists !*— The Jlous ^ e of

    Ass ^ ipbly at ^( eyi ^ hovv ^ y q ^ shocked at the report of this , a $ air , r ^ splyed to ip ^ Jfe it the § ub ) qct ; of legaj . investigation-j publicly declaring their abhorrence pf it . An indictment wa ^ pre fe rre d and found against Huggins , and tip f ^ icts as help stated w , ere fully prpved f and indeed not disputed on the part of the clcjfend ^ pt f y ? ii after a short deliberation , the jury brought in a verdi c t of J ^ qtjGuiltp Emboldened by this verdict , tlMgp

    gins prosecuted the printer or tae Gazette of the island of St . Christopher , for inserting in his paper the resolutions of the Nevis assembly , sent to him by . tke assembly 4 js ? Mi * ^ nd . the printer wa ^ found guilty of a libel , and sentenced to i \ xnoMh ' s imprisonni ^ nt and to %£ feftil to j ^* H > ths pw ? for

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1811, page 742, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2423/page/38/