Those therefore who favored it, were considered the "_enemies of their country_"-- "TRAITORS"-- and were accordingly persecuted in various ways, not excepting imprisonment in the common jail.
7th.

So popular was slavery among the higher classes, that its morality or justice could not be questioned by a missionary--an editor--or a _planter_ even, without endangering the safety of the individual.
8th.

The anti-slavery people in England were considered detestable men, intermeddling with matters which they did not understand, and which at any rate did not concern them.

They were accused of being influenced by selfish motives, and of designing to further their own interests by the ruin of the planters.

They were denounced as _fanatics, incendiaries, knaves, religious enthusiasts_.
9th The abolition measures of the English Government were considered a gross outrage on the rights of private property, a violation their multiplied pledges of countenance and support, and a flagrant usurpation of power over the weak.
Views and conduct of the planters subsequent to emancipation: 1st.