The negroes are retarded as _men_--equals standing on the same footing as fellow-citizens.
2d.

Slavery is considered a foolish, impolitic, and wicked system.
3d.

Slaves are regarded as an _unsafe_ species of property, and to hold them disgraceful.
4th.

The planters have become the _decided enemies_ of slavery.

The worst thing they could say against the apprenticeship, was, that "it was only another name for _slavery_." 5th.