We might imagine how slaves were treated, if they could be spoken of in such a manner.

Perhaps these unhappy people had lingered out the best part of their lives in the service of their master.

Able then to do but little, they were sold for little! and the remaining substance of their sinews was to be pressed out by another, yet more hardened than the former, and who had made a calculation of their vitals accordingly.
As another proof, he would mention a passage in a pamphlet, in which the author, describing the happy situation of the slaves, observed, that a good Negro never wanted a character.

A bad one could always be detected by his weals and scars.

What was this but to say, that there were instruments in use, which left indelible marks behind them; and who would say, that these were used justly?
An honourable gentleman, Mr.Vaughan, had said, that setting aside slavery, the slaves were better off than the poor in this country.