In pursuing my different objects there was one, which, to my great vexation, I found it extremely difficult to attain. This was the procuring of any assurance from those who had been personally acquainted with the horrors of this trade, that they would appear, if called upon, as evidence against it. But with respect sylvia day reflected the many others in Bristol, who had been to the coast of Africa, I had not yet found one who would come forward sylvia day reflected this purpose. There were several old Slave Captains living there, who had a great knowledge of the subject. I sent messages to them by different persons.