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ill, Esq.
 The Reverend Mr. Edward Hoare
 William Hodges, Esq.
 Reverend Mr. John Holmes, 3 copies
 Mr. Martin Hopkins
 Mr. Thomas Howell
 Mr. R. Huntley
 Mr. J. Hunt
 Mr. Philip Hurlock, jun.
 Mr. Hutson

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 Mr. T.W.J. Esq.
 Mr. James Jackson
 Mr. John Jackson
 Reverend Mr. James
 Mrs. Anne Jennings
 Mr. Johnson
 Mrs. Johnson
 Mr. William Jones
 Thomas Irving, Esq. 2 copies
 Mr. William Justins

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 The Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird
 William Kendall, Esq.
 Mr. William Ketland
 Mr. Edward King
 Mr. Thomas Kingston
 Reverend Dr. Kippis
 Mr. William Kitchener
 Mr. John Knight

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 The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London
 Mr. John Laisne
 Mr. Lackington, 6 copies
 Mr. John Lamb
 Bennet Langton, Esq.
 Mr. S. Lee
 Mr. Walter Lewis
 Mr. J. Lewis
 Mr. J. Lindsey
 Mr. T. Litchfield
 Edward Loveden Loveden, Esq. M.P.
 Charles Lloyd, Esq.
 Mr. William Lloyd
 Mr. J.B. Lucas
 Mr. James Luken
 Henry Lyte, Esq.
 Mrs. Lyon

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 His Grace the Duke of Marlborough
 His Grace the Duke of Montague
 The Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave
 Sir Herbert Mackworth, Bart.
 Sir Charles Middleton, Bart.
 Lady Middleton
 Mr. Thomas Macklane
 Mr. George Markett
 James Martin, Esq. M.P.
 Master Martin, Hayes-Grove, Kent
 Mr. William Massey
 Mr. Joseph Massingham
 John McIntosh, Esq.
 Paul Le Mesurier, Esq. M.P.
 Mr. James Mewburn
 Mr. N. Middleton,
 T. Mitchell, Esq.
 Mrs. Montague, 2 copies
 Miss Hannah More
 Mr. George Morrison
 Thomas Morris, Esq.
 Miss Morris
 Morris Morgann, Esq.

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 His Grace the Duke of Northumberland
 Captain Nurse

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 Edward Ogle, Esq.
 James Ogle, Esq.
 Robert Oliver, Esq.

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 Mr. D. Parker,
 Mr. W. Parker,
 Mr. Richard Packer, jun.
 Mr. Parsons, 6 copies
 Mr. James Pearse
 Mr. J. Pearson
 J. Penn, Esq.
 George Peters, Esq.
 Mr. W. Phillips,
 J. Philips, Esq.
 Mrs. Pickard
 Mr. Charles Pilgrim
 The Hon. George Pitt, M.P.
 Mr. Thomas Pooley
 Patrick Power, Esq.
 Mr. Michael Power
 Joseph Pratt, Esq.

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 Robert Quarme, Esq.

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 The Right Hon. Lord Rawdon
 The Right Hon. Lord Rivers, 2 copies
 Lieutenant General Rainsford
 Reverend James Ramsay, 3 copies
 Mr. S. Remnant, jun.
 Mr. William Richards, 2 copies
 Mr. J.C. Robarts
 Mr. James Roberts
 Dr. Robinson
 Mr. Robinson
 Mr. C. Robinson
 George Rose, Esq. M.P.
 Mr. W. Ross
 Mr. William Rouse
 Mr. Walter Row

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 His Grace the Duke of St. Albans
 Her Grace the Duchess of St. Albans
 The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of St. David's
 The Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, 3 copies
 The Right Hon. the Earl of Scarbrough
 William, the Son of Ignatius Sancho
 Mrs. Mary Ann Sandiford
 Mr. William Sawyer
 Mr. Thomas Seddon
 W. Seward, Esq.
 Reverend Mr. Thomas Scott
 Granville Sharp, Esq. 2 copies
 Captain Sidney Smith, of the Royal Navy
 Colonel Simcoe
 Mr. John Simco
 General Smith
 John Smith, Esq.
 Mr. George Smith
 Mr. William Smith
 Reverend Mr. Southgate
 Mr. William Starkey
 Thomas Steel, Esq. M.P.
 Mr. Staples Steare
 Mr. Joseph Stewardson
 Mr. Henry Stone, jun. 2 copies
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 Henry Thornton, Esq. M.P.
 Mr. Alexander Thomson, M.D.
 Reverend John Till
 Mr. Samuel Townly
 Mr. Daniel Trinder
 Reverend Mr. C. La Trobe
 Clement Tudway, Esq.
 Mrs. Twisden

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 Mr. M. Underwood

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 Mr. John Vaughan
 Mrs. Vendt

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 The Right Hon. Earl of Warnick
 The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester
 The Hon. William Windham, Esq. M.P.
 Mr. C.B. Wadstrom
 Mr. George Walne
 Reverend Mr. Ward
 Mr. S. Warren
 Mr. J. Waugh
 Josiah Wedgwood, Esq.
 Reverend Mr. John Wesley
 Mr. J. Wheble
 Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M.P.
 Reverend Thomas Wigzell
 Mr. W. Wilson
 Reverend Mr. Wills
 Mr. Thomas Wimsett
 Mr. William Winchester
 John Wollaston, Esq.
 Mr. Charles Wood
 Mr. Joseph Woods
 Mr. John Wood
 J. Wright, Esq.

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 Mr. Thomas Young
 Mr. Samuel Yockney

CONTENTS

 CHAP. I.

 The author's account of his country, their manners and
 customs, &c.

 CHAP. II.

 The author's birth and parentage--His being kidnapped
 with his sister--Horrors of a slave ship

 CHAP. III.

 The author is carried to Virginia--Arrives in England--His
 wonder at a fall of snow

 CHAP. IV.

 A particular account of the celebrated engagement
 between Admiral Boscawen and Monsieur Le Clue

 CHAP. V.

 Various interesting instances of oppression, cruelty, and
 extortion

 CHAP. VI.

 Favourable change in the author's situation--He
 commences merchant with threepence

 CHAP. VII.

 The author's disgust at the West Indies--Forms
 schemes to obtain his freedom

 CHAP. VIII.

 Three remarkable dreams--The author is shipwrecked
 on the Bahama-bank

 CHAP. IX.

 The author arrives at Martinico--Meets with new
 difficulties, and sails for England

 CHAP. X.

 Some account of the manner of the author's conversion to
 the faith of Jesus Christ

 CHAP. XI.

 Picking up eleven miserable men at sea in returning to
 England

 CHAP. XII.

 Different transactions of the author's life--Petition to the
 Queen--Conclusion

THE LIFE, &c.

CHAPTER I.

 _The author's account of his country, and their manners and
 customs--Administration of justice--Embrenche--Marriage
 ceremony, and public entertainments--Mode of
 living--Dress--Manufactures
 Buildings--Commerce--Agriculture--War and
 religion--Superstition of the natives--Funeral ceremonies of
 the priests or magicians--Curious mode of discovering
 poison--Some hints concerning the origin of the author's
 countrymen, with the opinions of different writers on that
 subject._

I believe it is difficult for those who publish their own memoirs to
escape the imputation of vanity; nor is this the only disadvantage
under which they labour: it is also their misfortune, that what is
uncommon is rarely, if ever, believed, and what is obvious we are apt
to turn from with disgust, and to charge the writer with impertinence.
People generally think those memoirs only worthy to be read or
remembered which abound in great or striking events, those, in short,
which in a high degree excite either admiration or pity: all others
they consign to contempt and oblivion. It is therefore, I confess, not
a little hazardous in a private and obscure individual, and a stranger
too, thus to solicit the indulgent attention of the public; especially
when I own I offer here the history of neither a saint, a hero, nor a
tyrant. I believe there are few events in my life, which have not
happened to many: it is true the incidents of it are numerous; and,
did I consider myself an European, I might say my sufferings were
great: but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I
regard myself as a _particular favourite of Heaven_, and acknowledge
the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life. If then the
following narrative does not appear sufficiently interesting to engage
general attention, let my motive be some excuse for its publication. I
am not so foolishly vain as to expect from it either immortality or
literary reputation. If it affords any satisfaction to my numerous
friends, at whose request it has been written, or in the smallest

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