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C hap, ought to be treated; and this mode;of conduit might
xxvl; ftill be more general, by amending the laws,which ought
not corruptly^to inyeft.hum^n mature ^ i th -\yhat it is
certain to abufe—an authority completely„defpotic. ; No
mafter furely.ought to be.entrufted^with the dangerous
power o f taking away thé life o f ,his flav|:s with -impunity';
and it ought to be confideredan equal crime in the
eye o f the law do kill a negr^or a white manias 1't.is
equally murder in the fight o f God.
Ijfhall now introduce to the-reader’s acquaintance a
negro family in that flate o f tranquil happjiiefs, which
.they always enjoy under a humane and indulgent mafter..
The figures in the plate are fuppofed to be.of the Loango
nation, by the marks on. the man’s body,, whilq on his
.breaITnj§y^e •feen^. G.-^'. in a cypher, h y w£ich his
owner may hfcertain his property. Be®?ies*U bai^eet
with fmall fifti, and , a net, upon. his. head, with a large
filh. in his hand, caught by hinafelf in|the Inver. • His
wife, jwho is pregnant, is employed in.carrying different
kinds o f fruit, ipinning a thread of cotton upon her difi-
taff, and comfortably fmoking her pipe o f tobacco. Be-
. fides, ajl. this, fhe has a hoy upon her back, and another
playing by, her fide. Thus, under a mild mafter and an
honeft. oyerfeer, a negro’s labour is no more than a
healthy exercife, which ends at thé fetting-fun, and the
remaining time is his own, which h e employs in hunting,
filhing, cultivating his garden, or making pikets
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