In the mean time, the People of Colour took the great work of justice into their own hands.
Unable, however, to complete this of themselves, they called in the aid of the Slaves.

Here began the second cause; for the Slaves, feeling their own power, began to retaliate on the Whites.

And here it may be observed, that, in all revolutions, the clemency or cruelty of the victors will always be in proportion to their former privileges, or their oppression.

That the Slaves then should have been guilty of great excesses was not to be wondered at; for where did they learn their cruelty?
They learnt it from those who had tyrannized over them.

The oppression, which they themselves had suffered, was fresh in their memories, and this had driven them to exercise their vengeance so furiously.