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hfisf M # ^ > W 8 S » ^ e ^ ffi < ¥% ^ 5 j ^ jta Itaimr u § e ofj gov ^ rgment , 15 . 19 teach menthe tru ^ renj ^ in ^ ij ofc ^ iriBberl ^ s , tj ^ l js ^ fto , ^ ercise such a degree of restraint as is se £ e ^ rys t& ^ e * eriil&eni Iroi ^ Ji ^ P ^ gPP ib ^ jri ^ Us of others , and ihatIegidHtute % tfe # refot © , ^ l * aVe no claim to impose more than the smallest quaatity of restraint whicb is cofflteftplewith the general good . s , 'If tfiis ^ Be trae ^ ati d we do not see how it can be coniroverteict , Jl * e m ^ tipA of - Slavery cdriies iicito a small compass . Is it necessary for tJ ^ weflrbeing of ttiie ^^ lcf , in which they themselves as men must claim a share , that Negroe ^ should be held in bb&dage ? Is this laying the least degree of restraint upon them which is compatible with the general good ? He mu ^ t bd a ; b < fId' advocate wlio should answer these questions in the affirmative , Iritkefr , il is seldom that the defence of Slavery is rested on broad stategient ^ of human rights ; it is based upon some narrower foundation of custom , or
self-interest . It is our purpose at this time to examine some of the pleas wriich ar ^ set forth to prove that the European inhabitants of the \ Y $ s t-Indian Islands have a right to heap cruelties and indignities upon , the African population of those fertile spots , and to wear them down , in both soul and body 9 by excessive toil . " The present race of West-Indian Proprietors found their Slaves on their estates when they came into possession of them , or they have purchased them" with their money , or they have been born upon their lauds . They
are , therefore , their property , their paternal inheritance , or the lawful investment of their wealth . " This is a plea offered b y some who acknowledge that they can fiqd ' no reason in the nature of things why people of colour should be held in Slavery by white people , no teaching of Providence why it should be ths duty of an Englishman to defend his freedom , and stand erect in the conscious dignity of liberty , and of an African to bow beneath the chains of his
Slavery , and submit to compulsory labour , urged to its utmost lengths by the terrible lash . They claim the Slaves for "West-Indian Proprietprs as their property . But whence do they derive their right to them as property ? How can property be acquired in the flesh , and bones , and sinews , th $ breath and soul , of a man ? How came Negroes in the West Indies } They , or those from whom they are descended , were violently tc ^ ra ljrp m
their homes , crowded in the holds of vessels , chained hand and fqqt , wftk ' scarcely liberty to turn round on their sides , they were transported across , the Atlantic , landed , and sold as cattle , and thus became property ! Js Mtbfe a lawful mode of acquiring property ? Then why have England smd ^ r ^ nc £ aroused their energies , and taught the p iratical Moors of Barl i ar ^^ iiat t ^ ey / shall not carry on their detestable piracies , in which human beings $$ P $ » £ spoil which they seek , and of which they make their hprricf gftWSft ' ^ 'Jtf , t | us . be a lawful mode of acquiring property , then force ^^^ ^ a ^ d'j ^ V ^^ j now ard Slaves have riht to lunge their masters mto'M ^ M ^
a g p pt Mavery , whenever it is 111 their power . But the law of force is too terrible &nd threatening a law to be openly acknowledged even by Slave-holders . It would prove too much for their purposes . If , then , the first acquisition of property be unjust , how can it be justly inherited , or justly purchased ? The original flaw in the title must remain to the latest generations * And , thanks to the faithful pen of the historian ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 739, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/11/
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