A short sketch of the evidence for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons

A short sketch of the evidence for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons

VIRTUE, say moralists, is so transcendently beautiful, that she need but be seen, to be universally admired: and is not VICE so hateful, that the more its features are viewed, the more it will be avoided? The traffic in the human species, particularly as carried on by the Europeans on the coast of Africa, has so horrible an aspect, that nothing, one should think, but the Mask, under which it has been concealed, could have prevented all the civilized nations in the world uniting to drive the detested Monster from the face of the earth. This Mask is, however, at length taken away, and the traffic stands exposed in all its real, unalterable deformity. The People are now called upon to behold, to feel, and judge for themselves. The representations of former writers on this subject were roundly denied; the facts they stated were not only contradicted, but deemed impossible, and the authors themselves were accused of slander. Now we have a body of EVIDENCE to which to appeal; of evidence, possessing every essential of credibility. The witnesses have declared before the Select Committee of the House of Commons, what they themselves saw: they had the best opportunities of observation, and they are disinterested. And now it appears, that one half of the tale of human misery hath not been told: and that every principle, that can bind a man[4] of honour and conscience,[1] loudly calls for the prohibition of the iniquitous traffic. Hard indeed must those hearts be, and inaccessible those understandings,[2] which such evidence cannot reach! ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 69166
Author: Crafton, William Bell
Release Date: Oct 16, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Daniel Lawrence
Publication Date: 1792
Publisher Country: United Kingdom