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1. That all the claims of fuperiority of the whites over 

 the blacks, on account of their color, are founded alike in 

 ignorance and inhumanity. If the color of the negroes be 

 the effed of a difeafe, inftead of inviting us to tyrannife 

 over them, it flaould entitle them to a double portion of our 

 humanity, for difeafe all over the world has always been 

 the fignal for immediate and univerfal compaffion. 



2. The fads and principles which have been delivered, 

 fhould teach white people the neceffity of keeping up that 

 prejudice againft fuch connedions with them, as would 

 tend to infed pofterity with any portion of their diibrder. 

 This may be done upon the ground 1 have mentioned with- 

 out offering violence to humanity, or calling in queftion 

 the famenefs of defcent, or natural equality of mankind. 



3. Is the color of the negroes a difeafe ? Then let fcience 

 and humanity combine their efforts, and endeavour to 

 difcover a remedy for it. Nature has lately unfurled a 

 banner upon this fubjcd. She has begun fpontaneous 

 cures of this difeafe in fevcral black people in this country. 

 In a certain Henry Mofs who lately travelled through 

 this city, and was exhibited as a fhow for money, the 

 cure was nearly complete. The change from black to a 

 natural white flefh color began about live years ago at the 

 ends of his fingers, and has extended gradually over the 

 greateft part of his body. The wool which formerly 

 perforated the cuticle has been changed into hair. No 

 change in the diet, drinks, drefs, employments, or fitua- 

 tion of this man had taken place previoufly to this change 

 in his fkin. But this fad does not militate againfl arti- 

 ficial attempts to diflodge the color in negroes, any more 

 than the fpontaneous cures of many other difeafes mili- 

 tate againft the ufe of medicine in the pradice of phyfic. 

 To dired our experiments upon this fubjed I (hall throw 

 out the following fads. 



I. In 



