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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.[1] If a reform be intended to be
- ↑ If it be poſſible to make any indulgent regulations upon this head, thoſe regulations will more effectually ſerve the cauſe of humanity, than any idea that can affect the preſent comfort, or ſubſtantiate the future confidence of an African ſlave. If no more negroes be put on board one ſhip, than a ſhip of the ſame burthen, as a tranſport, will accommodate of ſailors and troops, I do not ſee any reaſon why compaſſion ſhould be
