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156 The inhabitants of Great Britain and the inhabitants of the colonies seem to be almost equally guilty of oppression. The colonies protest against the iniquity of the slavetrade; but, nevertheless, continue to hold the poor wretched slaves in a most detestable bondage! Great Britain, indeed, keeps no slaves, but publicly encourages the slave trade, and contemptuously neglects or rejects every petition or attempt of the colonists against that notorious wickedness!