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content with flavery, might they but toil to- 

 gether. , 



Silent tears, deep fighs, and heavy la- 

 mentations befpoke the univerfal fufFering of 

 thefe poor blacks, and proved that nature was 

 ever true to her feelings. Nevex* was fcene 

 more diftrefsful. Among thefe unhappy, de- 

 graded Africans fcarcely was there an un- 

 clouded countenance. Every feature was 

 veiled in the iilent gloom of woe ; and for- 

 rowing nature poured forth in all the bitter- 

 nefs of affliction. 



A whole hoft of painful ideas rufhed into 

 my mind at the moment. In fad contempla- 

 tion all the diftorted images of this abhorrent 

 traffic prefented themfelves to my recollection. 

 The many horrors and cruelties, I had fo 

 often heard of, appeared in their worft ftiape 

 before me ; and my imagination was acutely 

 alive to the unmerited punifliment fome- 

 times inflicted — the inceffant labour exa&ed — ■ 

 the want of freedom — and all the catalogue of 

 hardfliips endured by flaves. I endeavored 

 to combat the effect of thefe impreffions by 

 attaching my mind to oppofite images. The 



