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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 trea-
alarmed, if an African do not receive more indulgence than what an European is entitled to: but if fetters muſt be uſed in conſideration of an encreaſe of numbers; I could wiſh their numbers to be reduced, that the terrors of ſlavery might not be anticipated, and that the poor deluded ſuffererst might not find a tyrant, where they were taught to expect a friend. Of the commercial profits or diſadvantages upon this ſubject, I am not competent to ſpeak, and therefore my ſuggeſtion is only a private idea, which thoſe who are more intelligent may eaſily confute and overrule.
