the manners of the latter, and her dialect, in broad
Irish, had entertained her very much.

While in this family, I could not avoid noticing
the innocence and simplicity of a little Negro
boy, named Sado

; and on my making some in-
quiry, Martha Painter gave an account to the
following effect:--Importing Negro slaves from
the coast of Africa, is contrary to the laws of the
United States, notwithstanding some of the
Southern States allow the keeping of slaves, and
it sometimes happens that an American ship is
detected transgressing the law, in which case both
ship and cargo are confiscated. Not long since,
two American ships with cargoes of slaves were
seized by a frigate belonging to the United States,
and brought to the Port of Philadelphia, where
they were both condemned; but the poor black
people on board were put under the care of the
Society instituted for the Abolition of the Slave
Trade, and were all provided with places as ser-
vants or apprentices. Amongst the latter was
little Sado, who was put out to S. P. Although
he was treated with the greatest tenderness, yet he
was often seen weeping at the recollection of his
near connexions. He said, that himself and sister
were on a visit to a relation's, and that, after the
family had retired to rest, they were suddenly
alarmed, in the dead of the night, by a company
of Man-stealers breaking into their habitation.