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their Condition then made worse by their falling into our Hands? No;
they have only exchanged one Slavery for another, and I may say a
better; for here they are brought into a Land where the Sun of
Islamism gives forth its Light, and shines in full Splendor, and they
have an Opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the true
Doctrine, and thereby saving their immortal Souls. Those who remain
at home have not that Happiness. Sending the Slaves home then would
be sending them out of Light into Darkness.
"I repeat the Question, What is to be done with them? I have
heard it suggested, that they may be planted in the Wilderness, where
there is plenty of Land for them to subsist on, and where they may
flourish as a free State; but they are, I doubt, too little dispos'd
to labour without Compulsion, as well as too ignorant to establish a
good government, and the wild Arabs would soon molest and destroy or
again enslave them. While serving us, we take care to provide them
with every thing, and they are treated with Humanity. The Labourers
in their own Country are, as I am well informed, worse fed, lodged,
and cloathed.
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