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HEN avarices enſlaves the mind, And ſelfiſh views alone bear ſway, Man turns a ſavage to his kind.
 * And blood and rapine mark his way,
 * Alas for this poor ſimple toy,
 * I ſold a blooming Negro Boy!

His father's hope, his mother's pride,
 * Tho' black yet comely to the view,

I tore him, helpleſs from their ſide,
 * And gave him to a ruffian crew!—
 * To fiends that Africas coaſt annoy,
 * I ſold the blooming Negro Boy!

From country, friends, and parents torn!
 * His tender limbs in chains confin'd!

I ſaw him o'er the billows borne.
 * And mark'd his agony of mind !
 * But ſtill to gain this ſimple toy,
 * I gave away the Negro Boy!

In ifles that deck the weſtern wave,
 * I doom'd the hapleſs youth to dwell

A poor forlorn, inſulted ſlave!
 * A beaſt that Chriſtians buy and ſell!
 * And in their cruel taſks employ
 * The much enduring Negro Boy!