Memoir of Slavery Read Before the Society for the Advancement of Learning of S
Memoir of Slavery Read Before the Society for the Advancement of Learning of S
William Harper
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How difterent would be the condition of Naples, if for her wretched lazzaroni were substituted negro slaves, employed in rendering productive the plains whose fertility now serves only to infect the air! * Eight days in the Abnizzi. — Blackwood's Magazine, November, 1835. To us, on whom tliis instituliou is fastened, and who could nol shake it off, even if we desired to do so, the great republics of antiquity of- fer instruction of inestimable value. They teach us that slavery is compatible wit...h the freedom, stability and long duration of civil gov- ernment, with denseness of population, great power, and the highest civilization. And in what respect does this modern Europe, which claims to give opinions to the world, so far excel them — notwithstand- incr the immense advantages of the christian religion and the discov- ery of the art of printing?- They are not more free, nor have per- formed more glorious actions, nor displayed more exalted virtue. In the higher departments of intellect — in all that relates to taste and imagination — they will hardly venture to claim equality.
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