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Holabird:
I am looking at the same inventory, Captain, and I am sorry, I don't see where it says 'Today we threw fifty slaves overboard', on May tenth or any other day. Captain Fitzgerald:
As, of course, you would not. Holabird:
I do see that the cargo weight changed. They reduced the poundage, I see. But that is all. Captain Fitzgerald:
It's simple, ghastly arithmetic. Holabird:
Well, for you, perhaps. I may need a quill and parchment, and a better imagination. Captain Fitzgerald:
And what poundage do you imagine the entry may refer to, sir? A mast and sails perhaps?
I am looking at the same inventory, Captain, and I am sorry, I don't see where it says 'Today we threw fifty slaves overboard', on May tenth or any other day. Captain Fitzgerald:
As, of course, you would not. Holabird:
I do see that the cargo weight changed. They reduced the poundage, I see. But that is all. Captain Fitzgerald:
It's simple, ghastly arithmetic. Holabird:
Well, for you, perhaps. I may need a quill and parchment, and a better imagination. Captain Fitzgerald:
And what poundage do you imagine the entry may refer to, sir? A mast and sails perhaps?
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I'm looking at the same inventory Captain
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and I'm sorry I don't see where it says
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This morning we threw 50 slaves overboard
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On May 10 or any other day
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As of course you would not
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I do see that the cargo weight changed
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They reduced the poundage I see but that is all
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It's simple ghastly arithmetic
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Well for you perhaps
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I may need a quill and parchment and a better imagination
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And what poundage do you imagine the entry may refer to sir
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A mast and sails perhaps
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Movie Summary
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally
