A Vindication of the Address to the People of Great Britain, on the Use of West India Produce

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Excerpt from A Vindication of the Address to the People of Great Britain, on the Use of West India Produce: With Some Observations and Facts Relative to the Situation of Slaves, in Reply to a Female Apologist for Slavery Madam, A Few days ago, your pamphlet was put into my hands. Having rejected the produce of the West Indian sugar cane ever since parliament thought proper to turn a deaf ear to the supplications of the nation, in behalf of the injured Africans, I rejoiced to find that the propriety of purchasing commodities, obtained by a systematic course of legal oppression, was in a fair way of being investigated, but I little thought that, in a nation tenacious of its liberty, which had given birth to a Macauley, a Barbauld, or a Williams, I ever should have found a female apologist for slavery. Had not some general idea of the deceitfulness of the heart put me upon my guard, I could not have imagined that the holy scriptures would have been quoted in support of villainy and fraud. People are sometimes the unwilling instruments of accelerating general good: you may have the pleasure of reflecting hereafter, that the discussion you promoted was fatal to your cause. In order to secure the attainment of so desirable an end, I shall discuss the doctrines you have laid down, as concisely as I am able. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.