At first, they presented them with rum, and soon found themselves

in an alcoholic delirium. When the gold dust, and ivory supply was exhausted,
they were induced to sell their descendants. At first their wives, and then their
youths. Then they began warfare among each other, plotted and developed
mostly by the Jews, and if they captured prisoners, these, too, were exchanged
for rum, ammunitions and weapons to the Jews', using them for further campaigns
 to capture more Negroes. The captured Blacks were linked two by two and driven

through the medieval forests to the coast. These painful treks required weeks,

and some of them frequently became ill, and felled by exhaustion, and many

unable to rise even though the bullwhip was applied as an encourager. They

were left to die and were devoured by wild beasts. It was not unusual to see the

bones of the dead laying in the tropical sun, a sad and gruesome reminder to

those who would later on tread this path.

It has been calculated that for each Negro who withstood the rigors of this

wandering, there still had to be the long voyage across the ocean, before they

reached American soil, nine out of ten died! And when one considers that there

was a yearly exodus of ONE MILLION black slaves, then, and only then, can one

assess the tremendous and extensive exodus of the African people. At present

Africa is thinly populated, not alone due to the 1,000,000 literally dragged out of

huts, but due to the five to nine million who never reached their destination. Once

they reached the coast, the black slaves were driven together, and restraints

were applied to hold them until the next transport ship docked. The agents—

many of them Jews—who represented the Chief, then began the deal with the

Captain. Each Negro was personally presented to him. But the captains had

learned to become suspicious.

The Black one must move his fingers, arms, legs, and the entire body to insure
 that there were not any fractures. Even the teeth were examined. If a tooth was
lacking, it lowered the price. Most of the Jew agents knew how to treat sick
 Negroes with chemicals in order to sell them as sound. Each Negro was valued
at about 100 gallons of rum, 100 pounds of gun powder, or in cash between 18 to
20 dollars. The notations of a captain inform us that on September 5, 1763, one
Negro brought as much as 200 gallons of rum, due to the bidding among the
agents, raising the price.

Women under 25 years, pregnant or not, resulted in the same measure, if they

were well and comely. Any over 25 years lost 25%. And here it should be stated

that those Negroes, purchased free at the African Coast for 20 to 40 dollars,

were then resold by the same slave dealers in America for two thousand dollars.