Revise the quotation below into a more modern style. Keep the meaning of the entire quotation. Consider syntax and diction. "We though by this,
we should be eaten by these ugly men, as they appeared to us; and,
when soon after we were all put down under the deck again, there was
much dread and trembling among us, and nothing but bitter cries to be
heard all the night from these apprehension, insomuch, that at last the
white people got some old slaves from the land to pacify us. They told us
we were not to be eaten, but to work, and were soon to go on land,
where we would see many of our country people. This report eased us
much. And sure enough, soon after we landed, there came to us some
Africans of all languages."*