Identify the author of the passage below: . . . [A]mongst th…

Identify the author of the passage below: . . . [A]mongst the poor chained men, I found some of my own nation, which in small degree gave ease to my mind. I inquired of these what was to be done with us? They gave me to understand we were  to be carried to these white people’s country to work for them. I then was a little revived, and thought, if it were no worse than working, my situation was not so desperate; but still I feared I should be put to death, the white people looked and acted, as I thought, in so savage a manner; for I had never seen among any people such instances of  brutal cruelty; and this not only shown towards us blacks, but also to some of the whites themselves.