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Sea Coast there is no Chance they woii'd ever arrive at the places of their Nativity
. . . if the Purchase was Refus'd, those Abandoned Villains who Committed the
fact wou'd probably put all to the Sword—what then sho'ld hinder the Laws of Sal-
vage from taking place in such case of Life and Death, but that the Purchaser ought
to Step in, and Redeem the Poor Prisoners, take the part of a kind Guardian to
them, hold them in Reasonable service till they have paid the Purchase-money, then
Release them if they behave well ? . . . As to those Born here, tho' some hold
that the Son must be Considered in the likeness of the Father, that, if the Father be
in Bondage, the Son must be so too . . . that
seems carrying the point too far ;
but it seems those Children cannot be considered entituled to the Priviledges of free
Denizens, for, as the Father was an Alien, and that Disability not Remov'd, the Son
must be so too. . . . Political Priviledges are Hereditary. .
. . Therefore, upon
the Ground of Debt, the Son may be Rightfully held till he has paid that Debt for
his Support, Education, Schooling, etc. . . .
"By a Sovereign Act to set them all free at one blow, and Dissolve the Legal Right of
the Masters to their Service, luhich the Masters Purchased with their own money, under the
Sanction of the Law, wou'd be Rather using the Law as a Snare to Deceive the People. . . .
"The master ought to learn his servant to Read and understand the Bible. . . .
Supply him with the nessasaries of Life in a Reasonable Manner, in Sickness and
health, speak kindly to him. Encourage him in his Business, give him the Praise
when he does well, Chear his Spirits, but not with fondness or Familiarity ; let him
know his Proper Distance, at the same time give him Moral Evidence of Sensere
Friendship, frown upon vice. . . . Govern
him with a steady hand, not with
Undue Severity. ... If those measures were Properly Pursued, it wou'd be lay-
ing the ax at the Root of the Tree, and I sho'd hope for better times. . . .
" I am sensible that the Idea of being Commanded at the will of another is Dis-
agreeable to the feelings of the Humane mind under its Present Depravity ; but that
Lmpression is merely Imaginary. .
. . Those
Servants in Connecticut under the care
and Guardianship of kind masters, and contented where they are well Provided for,
without any care or anxiety of their own, are some of the Happiest People in the
State . . . but
bear Prosperity :
such is the Misery of the fallen Race that many of them cannot
Preferment, Wealth, Respect and kindness Inflame their Pride and
Haughtiness. ... I wish that every Person was Possess'd of the Virtue, Industry
and Prudence that Quallifies a Person for Freedom, and Proper Measures were taken
to make all free; But to set such free as ought to be Restrain'd wou'd tend to sap the
foundations of Civil Government. ... I wou'd Query whether the same Prin-
ciples which Induced the .
. . Society
[for emancipation] to undertake to Relieve
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