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Without fome compulfory law the flaves 

 ©f the avaricious and of the lower orders, who 

 are, themfelves, fcarcely removed from indi- 

 gence, muft ever be fubject to this hard lot of 

 negled and cruelty. 



The firft fpecimen we faw of Weft India 

 negroes — the firft example of flaves was Angu- 

 larly calculated to imprefs us with fentiments 

 of compafiion and difguft. It occurred at the 

 very moment too when the impreffion would 

 be moft powerful, and confequently will ever 

 remain indelible. Immediately on our coming 

 to anchor in Carlifle bay, a woman appeared 

 alongfide the {hip in a frnall boat with fome bad 

 fruit, tobacco, fait fifti, and other articles of 

 traffic. She was rowed by two negroes, who, 

 we learned, were her flaves. Two fuch objects 

 of human form and human mifery had never 

 before met our eyes ! They were feeble, mea- 

 ger, and dejeded — half-ftarved^ and half- 

 naked ; and, in figure, too accurately refernbling 

 hungry and diftempered grey-hounds ! They 

 crouched upon their heels and haunches in the 

 boat — their naked bones almoft pierced their 

 filthy and eruptive Ikins— their wafted frames 

 trembled with debility— and while their hol- 

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