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Slaves well used in Africa.

F there be any of the slaves happier in the colonies than they were at home, they must be such as were formerly slaves in their own country; and if so, the African must be shewn to be more oppressive than the colonial slavery.

This, however, is so far from being the case, that, as Mr. H. Ross observes, though on another occasion, any comparison between the state of the two is an insult to common sense. The slaves in Africa are mentioned by Mr. Towne as never ill used by their own people. They are treated, says Mr. Keirnan, as Europeans treat people of their own family. They are described again by Hall and Dalrymple as eating and