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Page 49
... slavery and misery of folly and vice , and make me a free and happy being . Phil . Then I am the happiest man in the world : be you steady , Horatio ; never depart from reason and virtue . Hor . Sooner will I lose my existence . Good ...
... slavery and misery of folly and vice , and make me a free and happy being . Phil . Then I am the happiest man in the world : be you steady , Horatio ; never depart from reason and virtue . Hor . Sooner will I lose my existence . Good ...
Page 123
... slaves , it is clearly the means of augmenting the mass of human misery . It is amazing to think of the ships and lives risked in fetching tea from China , coffee from Arabia , sugar and tobacco from America , all which our ancestors ...
... slaves , it is clearly the means of augmenting the mass of human misery . It is amazing to think of the ships and lives risked in fetching tea from China , coffee from Arabia , sugar and tobacco from America , all which our ancestors ...
Page 124
... slaves , the num- bers necessarily slain in those wars , the many pri- soners who perish at sea by sickness , bad provisions , foul air , & c . & c . in the transportation , and how many afterwards die from the hardships of slavery , he ...
... slaves , the num- bers necessarily slain in those wars , the many pri- soners who perish at sea by sickness , bad provisions , foul air , & c . & c . in the transportation , and how many afterwards die from the hardships of slavery , he ...
Page 6
... slavery , a thief , ) and compare the whole amount with the wages of a manufacturer of iron or wool in England , you will see that labour is much cheaper there than it ever can be by negroes here . Why then will Americans purchase slaves ...
... slavery , a thief , ) and compare the whole amount with the wages of a manufacturer of iron or wool in England , you will see that labour is much cheaper there than it ever can be by negroes here . Why then will Americans purchase slaves ...
Page 8
... slaves being worked too hard and ill fed , their constitutions are broken , and the deaths among them are more than the births ; so that a continual supply is needed from Africa . The northern colonies having few slaves , increase in ...
... slaves being worked too hard and ill fed , their constitutions are broken , and the deaths among them are more than the births ; so that a continual supply is needed from Africa . The northern colonies having few slaves , increase in ...
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