Excerpt from Story of the Slave: Paper Read Before the Monmouth Colony Historical Association on October 30th, 1902, Wherein Is Given Some Account of Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey, With Notes Concerning Slaves and Redemptioners in Other States Sir John Hawkins, who, as is well known, commanded the first English expedition to Africa for slaves, issued to his captains the following orders: Serve God daily; love one another; preserve your victuals; beware of fire; keep good company. It has been said that Hawkins sailed on the ship Jesus, with faith as serene as if he had sailed on a crusade. At one time they were so long becalmed at sea as to face starvation, but the pious slaver says in his notes, Almighty God, who never suffereth his elect to perish, sent us the ordinary breeze. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.