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Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species

Book by Thomas Clarkson · 5 quotes · Men, Masters, Slave

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Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species Quotes

“Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.”

“Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?”