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A Plea For Slavery

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
May
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tam iñ favor of sin ver v, J-st. Beoausa it relieves so iiídfny ín our country, about 2,500,000, fjoni perplcxing car-es. Slaves neodnol tliink u-htil íhey skdlldo fur a support- nor how it wíTare wiih thcir cliidren. Il s for the atener' s interest to I toke care of thern and ihcir cliilJren. They ore then, yon can eee, rcieascd from onc of the ! greatest monns of chonkingr the g-ood secd of the kingdom - viz : "cares of tliis Ufe." 2d. Becaiise it s such a savingf of expense iu the articles of food and clothing. Slavcs you komv do not nccd any lïiing-but cnrn bread and meat, wiih a pleiny of "cornficld pras" for thcir diet. Twostuts of clothing n yeor is the greotest plenty too for ramu-nt. - The suinmer snit of a toar e shirt and pantaloone, fo as lo he cool- no hal - worJiinen don't nced a !nt: for winter n coat is added to tlio snit. VVell r.ow, jnst stippose ïf these miüions were frrc,vly tlipy wonld v;inf icltêat bread, and bntter and cofgs and preserves nnd appies lid tnrüips and tnrkeys and oranjes, Sec, &,c; and tbere wonld be no end to their wanl.s as it rr-spccls f'rcst: I snppose Ihov ! Wortld wrnt just as mnny dollars and just as good food as free people want - and can't yon i see how exponeos wmiid hfe inercaspd! ih). I atn in l'avor of slovery hecause it pré-vents Waven from bein ensnared by the Cldeceilfulncss of riclics.'' This snaro connected ui:h the "cures of this lile" forms a niighty and dangerons trap to the gpiritnal intorests of j men: but all slaves are free from them. VVlia1 : a blepsing !4lli. Because so mncli s sn vod on the score of ediicationnl! expence?. Tliey have tioniebofly elso to lliink and speak and ibi'itf for thetn. Thoy cunt bc tlieated. All llio trouble end expense ofnn educationfor tlaves are tavcd. 5t!i. Becanso such slrict provisión ia made for the support of the slnvcs, and íf frecd they might sullbr- tlioy might not be able to tako en re of thcmytlves. U' it is fo diflicult to take care of Iheírtíelvea and ihtir nuislers, while others think and feel and writo. and bnrgninfor tlioir, - h'W could ihey gelalong f tho Uiirden of thinking and and talking wag imposed on tliem in addilion to the work tliey must perfbim wiLli tiicir Imnds. Siranga tlial the opposers of slavery don;t sre and fee! tho force of ihis argument! filh. If slavcry wei e doneawny, what wonld become of tho benefnetions of many pëople, wlio sive to notliing else but to he!p the slaves. The benefacttirs would rcally snfTer, for some object on which to bestow their charity - Don't yo think they would! Thoir syihpathies and benevo lent fceling?, wonld find no objects on which to expend them.si'lves. O, how these philantliropists would suffer. I could go on stroiigerand stronger, bat

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Signal of Liberty
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