The clause too$$$ reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa$$$ was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia$$$ who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves$$$ and who on the contrary still wished to continue it.

By admin, 25 November, 2023

The clause too$$$ reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa$$$ was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia$$$ who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves$$$ and who on the contrary still wished to continue it. Our northern brethren also I believe felt a little tender under those censures; for tho' their people have very few slaves themselves yet they had been pretty considerable carriers of them to others.

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