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CHAP, of liberal minds, men that are firm and proof againft 

 ^ • ^ the allurement of a bribe, or the glittering of gold, and 

 whofe paffions are reftrained by fentiment and manly 

 feelings. Let thefe men be handfomely rewarded by 

 that nation whom they fo materially ferve, and the co- 

 lony which they fo confpicuoufly prote6l; but let their 

 falaries be afcertained, without depending on the blood 

 and fweat of the miierable Africans. Then let fuch men. 

 ena6l impartial regulations, by which the negro flaves are 

 to perform no more than their fair tafk. and labour a rea- 

 fonable number of hours in the twenty-four : let thefe 

 be followed by protedting laws, and let them be no longer 

 racked, tormented, wantonly murdered, or infamoufly rob- 

 bed of all that is dear to the human affections, their wive& 

 and daughters. Let regulations be adopted, by which 

 they may be properly fed, and attended to when fick or 

 indifpofed ; and, above all, let equal juftice be adminif- 

 tered ; fufFer them, when outraged or plundered, to obtain 

 a hearing; permit them to complain, and enable them to 

 prove by evidence the grievances by which they are op- 

 preffed. Even give them what we fo much value our- 



felves, AN INDEPENDANT JUDGE, and AN IMPARTIAL 



JURY, nay, partly compofed of their own fable compa- 

 nions. Thus, would you have them work and a6t like 

 meriy firfl fuffer them to be fuch. 



When regulations conform to thefe fhall be adopted and 

 enforced, then I venture to fay, that nations will feel the 

 benefit of their colonies — then planters will become rich, 

 and their overfeers become honeft ^ then flavery will be little 

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