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Then he was taken ashore and brought to a tall , iron house . `` This house is regulated , '' said the governor ; `` there is no fire allowed to burn in it . '' In one part of this house , weapons of the government were hung up ; there was a passage , and on the other side of the passage , fifty criminals were chained together , two and two , by the ankles . The windows were out of reach ; and there was only one door , which was opened at six in the morning and shut again at six at night . All day he had his liberty , went to the Baptist Mission , and walked about viewing the negroes , who were `` like the sand on the seashore '' for number . At six they were called into the house and shut in for the night without beds or lights . `` Although they gave me no light , '' said he , with a smile , `` I could see I was in a prison . ''