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life at present going on, by adopting the only 

 means which, when fairly tried, have never yet 

 failed ; namely, that of declaring the slave-trader 

 a pirate. And is he not a pirate, and one of the 

 worst description ? Wanting the courage to steal 

 himself, he stimulates the ignorant savage to 

 steal and sell his brethren. The receiver is in this 

 case infinitely worse than the thief. There would 

 be no foreign slave-trade if there were no slave- 

 traders. 



The increase in the legitimate trade that might 

 naturally be expected on the slave-trade being 

 declared piracy can hardly be calculated ; but I 

 will state what I consider sufficient grounds for 

 supposing it would be immense. 



At present, the whole country is in a complete 

 state of disorganisation, the inhabitants of each 

 village warring with their neighbours. The con- 

 sequence is that, except in the immediate vici- 

 nity of the towns, the land lies waste and uncul- 

 tivated, as the natives are afraid of being carried 

 off into slavery. The natural result of securi- 

 ty of person would be security of property ; this 

 would lead to the extension of cultivation, or, 

 in other words, would create a greater amount of 



