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his intelled he might become of higher im- 

 portance in the fcale of humanity. Thus 

 circumftanced, to remove him from the quiet 

 and contentment of fuch a bondage, and to 

 place hirp amidft the tumults and viciffitudes 

 of freedom, were but to impofe upon him the 

 exchange of great comparative happinefs, for 

 much of pofitive mifery and diftrefs. 



From what has been faid you will per- 

 ceive that to do juftice to the merit of Mr. 

 Dougan, would require a far more able pen. 

 His humane and liberal condud; does him 

 infinite honor ; while the richnefs of the 

 eftate and the happinefs of the flaves loudly 

 proclaim his attentive concern. We were 

 pleafed with all around us, but to witnefs 

 fo happy a ftate of flavery gave us peculiar 

 delight, , 



The cottages and little gardens of the 

 negroes exhibited a degree of neatnefs, and of 

 plenty, that might be envied by free-born 

 Britons, not of the pooreft clafs. The huts 

 of Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, nay, 

 many, even of England itfelf, bear no com- 

 parifon with thefe. In impulfive delight I 

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