Chapter 2
Crusoe sells the loyal Xury to the Portuguese captain for sixty pieces of eight, with only mild compunction.
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Chapter 3
The shipwreck occurs during a voyage Crusoe undertook specifically to buy African slaves for the Brazilian planters.
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