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America, would be called a complete swin- 

 dler in England. 



Young negroes are reckoned to pay for 

 raising: but I cannot make that appear. 

 If a boy, he must be eighteen years old be- 

 fore he can be sold, or made to earn his 

 living : and if sold for one hundred pounds, 

 that is but five pounds eleven shillings and 

 one penny per year ; if a girl, fifty pounds ; 

 which will make the chance but seventy- 

 five pounds, and will lower the sum to 

 four pounds three shillings and four pence 

 per year. Now I think no man can raise 

 a negro for the like sum. General Wash- 

 ington weighed the food for all his negroes 

 'young and old ; and as he was a man of 

 minute calculation, he probably knew what 

 they cost, to a fraction. It is said that he 

 never clothed them until they were of a 

 certain age. This number of negroes 

 would do something, besides raising the 

 tobacco ; but not to much profit for the 

 farmers : it is allowed that a planter cannot 

 be a farmer. There is wood to chop ; In- 



