American Slave Trade Or An Account of the Manner in Which the Slave Dealers T
American Slave Trade Or An Account of the Manner in Which the Slave Dealers T
Jesse Torrey
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But those who have experienced and appreciated its almost uniform tendency, will perceive that it is a pacific weapon, an olive branch, accompanied by moderation, justice, and moral duty. Education has been calumniated with the charge of instigating the rebellion and shocking outrages of the slaves in St. Domingo. But the fact is pre* cisely the reverse. The catastrophe was pro duced chiefly by the haughtiness and impru dence of the white planters, in opposing de- SLAVE-TRADE. 39 crees of the F...rench government, which con cerned only the rights of freemen. In this civil war, in which the white planters were arrayed against the laws of the national as sembly, and the planters of colour in defence of them, it is not surprising that the slaves should take sides with their nearest relations. The consequent atrocities, most unquestion ably resulted from the remembrance of the former barbarity* of masters. 33. As mental improvement advances, ven geance and crimes recede. That desirable happy era, when the spirit of.
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