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buy these people to sell again, or some- 

 thing of that kind. Three or four hun- 

 dred miles are not so quickly travelled ; and 

 the expence is very considerable, even 

 in the cheapest possible mode that can be 

 adopted. These captains, tavern-keepers, 

 and, perhaps, farmers, thus gain large sums 

 of money, in an abusive traffic, much more 

 reprehensible than high way- robbery. The 

 buyer of these men agrees to provide them 

 with food for a certain time for their labour. 

 He likewise clothes them, on trust ; and 

 when the time agreed upon for the payment 

 of the ship's freight, tavern expences, &c. is 

 expired, then the slave is to be set free. 

 But he and family, perhaps, have had some 

 clothes and a little money, on which account 

 the unfortunate man is detained till he has 

 worked out the best of his days before he is 

 liberated. Now, as to the negro, the master 

 is compelled to keep him when he is old 

 and past work, and to pay a tax for him ; 

 so that there is every encouragement to 

 the American farmer for forcing the trade 



