The Middle Passage by V. S. Naipaul

Author:V. S. Naipaul
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780330343961
Publisher: Picador
Published: 1975-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Five of them were afterwards burnt with small fire, or rather, roasted, and continually nipped with pincers; and another stood on the wood-heap and died at once. After this the fire was slowly lighted around Atta so that his agonies should last longer; through which it happened then, that notwithstanding they kindled the fire at eleven o’clock; he still remained alive half-an-hour later. It was a matter of surprise that they all let themselves be burnt, broken on the wheel, hanged, etc., without shrieking or moaning. The only thing that Atta said was to the Governor, frequently calling out in his negro language, ‘My God, what have I done? The Governor is right. I suffer what I have deserved. I thank him!’ This was the end of that renowned monster whose blood-thirstiness and cruelty brought about the death of so many Christians and the almost irreparable destruction of this Colony.

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