They regarded the negroes as an inferior race, fit only for slaves.
2d.

They regarded them as their rightful property.
3d.

They took it for granted that negroes could never be made to work without the use of the whip; hence, 4th.

They supposed that emancipation would annihilate sugar cultivation; and, 5th.

That it would lead to bloodshed and general rebellion.
6th.