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 petitions be thereby defeated, the intended remedy fail, and the wounds of the negroes left incapable of a cure. The comforts that muſt attend their future ſituation ſhould originate in England, extend to Africa, and be matured in the colonies; and what theſe requiſitions are, I ſhall endeavour to explain.

The firſt object that ſtrikes me is, the neceſſity of making a previous arrangement for their reception on board; no confinement under the hatches, nor chains ſhould be allowed; no indecent liberties taken by the crew; no promiſcuous intercourſe between men and women; no families (if ſuch be found) ſhould be ſeparated, no harmleſs recreations in the day denied; nor warm clothes refuſed at night; and eſpecial care ſhould be obſerved, that too many be not confined in one ſhip. If a reform be intended to be made,