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 managers, who in the tyrant ſink the man, their ſituation is, in ſome reſpects, too lamentable to be deſcribed; for as they are determined not to be pleaſed, they will not give their negroes a good word, grant then any indulgence, or look upon them as human creatures endued with feeling, or ſubject to the laws of humanity; but they will on the contrary inflict heavy puniſhments for the ſlighteſt omiſſions, be conſtantly upon the watch to detect petty errors, and deſcend to ſuch inſtances of low and malignant revenge as would ſhock the greateſt ſavage that ever enjoyed the ſight of human blood. To wretches of this deſcription, whoſe cruelty riſes in proportion to the weakneſs of the object, no excuſe ſhould be made, no protection given; they ſhould be deprived of