Objections To The Abolition Of The Slave Trade With Answers To Which Are Prefixed Strictures On A Late Publication Entitled Considerations On The Emancipation Of Negroes By A West India Planter By The Rev James Ramsay

Author : James Ramsay
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ISBN 13 : 9781330452783
Total Pages : 68 pages
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Download or read book Objections to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, with Answers written by James Ramsay and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Objections to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, With Answers: To Which Are Prefixed Strictures on a Late Publication, Intitled, "Considerations on the Emancipation of Negroes, and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, by a West India Planter" This is an attempt to give a connected view of the question respecting the abolition of the slave trade; a question which nearly concerns the whole community. If, as the advocates for slavery affirm, the very being of the state be bound up with the continuation of it; or if, as the friends of abolition maintain, it be impolitick and unprofitable; if it wounds every human feeling, and steels the heart against every benevolent affection; if it encourages every corrupt principle among the people, and threatens the nation with vengeance from above; then must it be deliberately examined, and dispassionately discussed. Those especially whose voices must decide, will carefully inquire, and cautiously search into, the merits of the cause. The friends of abolition solicit only for a full and fair hearing, to gain the object of their wishes. For the good sense of Parliament will not find the genuine feelings of humanity, and the found dictates of prudence a variance. I shall only remark one disadvantage under which the cause of humanity labours. The advocates for slavery being interested in the issue, are industrious in making good their cause. They are numerous, united, and powerful. They can refer to calculations, command returns, bring forward evidence of any fort, or rank, in any number. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."