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( 155 ) of the first characters of the place, on debating the following question, (proposed, he thinks, by the late Mr. Thomas Hibbert, who had been forty or fifty years the most eminent Guinea factor there) "Whether the trade to Africa for slaves was consistent with sound policy, the laws of nature, and morality?" This discussion occupied several meetings, and at last it was determined by a majority, That the trade to Africa for slaves, was neither consistent with sound policy, the laws of nature, nor morality."

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