Political economy the hour of general emancipation had been delayed, but theīlack had at this date the right to ransom himself, the children which wereīorn to him were born free. Our story opens, there were still slaves in Brazil, and as a natural consequence, captains of the woods to pursue them. Nations of the earth had the courage to proclaim it. Years had to pass before the glorious thought was generally accepted, and the
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Of the natural rights of man was to be free and to belong only to himself, would seem to be self-evident, and yet thousands of That freedom was a right, that the very first Philanthropists, and more than a century had to elapse before the mass of the
The institution dates from 1722.Īt that period anti-slavery ideas had entered the minds of a few Name of “ Capitaes do Mato” are known in Brazil those individuals who areĮngaged in the recapture of fugitive slaves. The document was but a simple “ captain of the woods.” Under the “ cipher” is necessary before that cryptogram can be read. Known before the lock of the safe will act, and some The combinations which they lead to canīe counted by millions, and no calculator’s life With suchĬipher language it is as with the locks of some of our iron safes-inĮither case the protection is the same. Letters been arranged? He who held the paper was alone able to tell. Laid his tawny finger on the sheet of good stout paper which was covered with It seemed to have been written many years before, and time had already Hundred of these lines, with the letters at even distances, and undivided into Hand the document of which this strange assemblage of letters formed theĬoncluding paragraph remained for some moments lost in thought.
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THE GIANT RAFT CHAPTER I A CAPTAIN OF THE WOODS
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