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 made, for the relief of human creatures, why not begin at the fountain head, and trace the ſtream of miſery through all its channels, where open, confine, or divert it; and where not obvious, let a ſearch be made; nor forego the enquiry, until ſomething efficient ſhall be done, or the project be reſigned in deſpair.

Suppoſe a cargo ſhould conſiſt (as many do) of ſix hundred ſlaves, and one half of them ſhould periſh from neglect, or from a want of the common neceſſaries of life; and the remainder be reduced by inanition to ſkin and bones; what advantage can this large cargo boaſt, thus conditioned, over one of half that number, out of which the loſs has been ſmall, and the paſſengers healthy? That many of theſe indignant people have riſen in rebellion, for a recovery of that liberty, which no