A Letter to Thomas Clarkson (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Letter to Thomas ClarksonIn judging of this scheme we ought never to lose sight of two facts with respect to the enslaved Africans in the United States, in which the enormities of that free country have exceeded those of any other. The first is, that slaves are regularly bred for sale. The second, that in many of the States the laws affecting free blacks are of so violently persecuting a character as to compel those who obtain their liberty to leave those States. From the former of these causes, instances must: often occur (from the state of morals in slave countries) of fathers selling their own children 1! From the latter has originated the Colonization Society, it arose out of these prejudices against colour, and is a direct attempt to extend the same principle to transportation, Why are slave-holders so anxious to send away free people of colour? Because their slave institutions would be endangered by the competition of respectable free black labourers, and they dread still more their education and advancement in science. If they were desirous to serve the free blacks they would instruct them at home, (not a ¿aw of them, but every one that they send, ) and not send them in ignorance to a barbarous country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.