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offences, from the lightest to the most atrocious, 
are punished alike with slavery ; " and they strain 
for crimes very hard, in order to get the benefit 
" of selling the criminal." It is, however, consi- 
dered very culpable to sell a family slave ; and 
Moore never knew but of one who was so disposed 
of, unless for crimes which would have involved 
a free man in a similar fate. The family slaves 
are well treated, and in many cases scarcely to 
be distinguished from their masters. 
