This is the first fruits of our efforts.
[Footnote A: This point was actually obtained by the evidence before the House of Commons; for, after this, we heard no more of them as an inferior race.] Let us persevere, and our triumph will be complete.

Never, never, will we desist, till we have wiped away this scandal from the Christian name; till we have released ourselves from the load of guilt under which we at present labour; and till we have extinguished every trace of this bloody traffic, which our posterity, looking back to the history of these enlightened times, will scarcely believe had been suffered to exist so long, a disgrace and a dishonour to our country.
He then moved, that the chairman be instructed to move for leave to bring in a bill to prevent the further importation of slaves into the British colonies in the West Indies.
Colonel Tarleton immediately rose up, and began by giving an historical account of the trade from the reign of Elizabeth to the present time.

He then proceeded to the sanction, which parliament had always given it.

Hence it could not then be withdrawn without a breach of faith.

Hence, also, the private property embarked in it was sacred, nor could it be invaded, unless an adequate compensation were given in return.
They, who had attempted the abolition of the trade, were led away by a mistaken humanity.