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5. A citizen of Philadelphia upon vvhofe veracity I 

 have perfedt reliance,* aflured me that he had once I'een 

 the ikin of one iide of the cheek inclining to the chin, 

 and of part of the hand in a negro boy, changed to a 

 white color by the juice of unripe peaches (of wdiich he 

 ate a large quantity every year) flilling, and reding fre- 

 quently upon thofe parts of his body. 



To encourage attempts to cure this difeafe of the fkin 

 in negroes, let us recolledl that by fucceeding in them, 

 we fliall produce a large portion of happinefs in the world. 

 We (hall in the firll place deftroy one of the arguments 

 in favor of enflaving the negroes, for their color has been 

 fuppofed by the ignorant to mark them as objedts of di- 

 vine judgments, and by the learned to qualify them for 

 labor in hot, and unwholfome climates. 



Secondly, We fhall add greatly to their happinefs, for 

 however well they appear to be fatisfied with their color, 

 there are many proofs of their preferring that of the 

 white people. 



Thirdly, We' fhall render the belief of the whole hu- 

 man race being defcended from one pair, eafy, and uni- 

 verfal, and thereby not only add weight to the Chriftian 

 revelation, but remove a material obftacle to the exercife 

 bf that univerfal benevolence which is inculcated by it. 



June 17, 1797. 



* Mr. Thomas Harrifon. 



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