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slaves bought there, is no longer susceptible of much improve- 

 ment ; but is in danger of grievous deterioration by whatever 

 tends to shift the commerce into bottoms not subject to the 

 parliamentary regulation. 



I still suppose Mr. Wilberforce, and the friends of the blacks, 

 formed into a brotherhood of mercy, and redeeming in Africa, 

 the greatest objects of pity, with a view to provide for their 

 future well-being. I suppose the method of removal acqui- 

 esced in, and the place of destination, to be under discussion. 

 These gentlemen would next be desirous of landing their 

 young charges in the countries where labor has the highest 

 value ; where moderate industry would secure them a better 

 condition than they quitted ; where civil rights are conferred 

 by settlement ; and where tutors are provided for the arts of 

 life, who would attentively teach such occupations as may 

 secure not merely their subsistence, but their well-being, not 

 merely an immediate supply of their wants, but a permanent 

 employ, and a progressive independence. Are there any 

 such countries ? Nearly so. Where is this poor man's 

 paradise ? I answer — where the greatest bounty is paid 

 for the importation of men, where human ware sells highest 

 at a slave-auction. 



In all under-peopled countries men bear a price. It was 

 so, under the patriarchs ; so, in the Grecian and in the early 



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