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 And who hall maintain this your caue, or plead for it? Truly, we cannot do o, except you hall inform us better hereof, viz.: that Chritians have liberty to practie thee things. Pray, what thing in the world can be done wore towards us, than if men hould rob or teal us away, and fell us for laves to trange countries; eparating hubands from their wives and children. Being now this is not done in the manner we would be done at, [by]; therefore, we contradict, and are againt this traffic of men-body. And we who profes that it is not lawful to teal, mut, likewie, avoid to purchae uch things as are tolen, but rather help to top this robbing and tealing, if poible. And uch men ought to be delivered out of the hands of the robbers, and et free as in Europe. Then is Pennylvania to have a good report, intead, it hath now a bad one, for this ake, in other countries: Epecially whereas the Europeans are deirous to know in what manner the Quakers do rule in their province; and mot of them do look upon us with an envious eye. But if this is done well, what hall we ay is done evil?

"If once thee laves (which they ay are o wicked and tubborn men,) hould join themelves—fight for their freedom, and handel their maters and mitrees, as they did handel them before; will thefe maters and mitrees take the word at hand and war againt thee poor laves, like, as we are able to believe, ome will not refue to do? Or, have thee poor negers not as much right to fight for their freedom, as you have to keep them laves?

"Now conider well this thing, if it is good or