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" It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free. "
Right
Free
Government
" Mankind have their local attachments. They have a particular regard for the spot, in which they were born and nurtured. "
Mankind
Spot
Which
" 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. "
Done
Better
Work
" 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? "
Men
Principles
Chance
" Should slavery be abolished there, (and it is an event, which, from these circumstances, we may reasonably expect to be produced in time) let it be remembered, that the Quakers will have had the merit of its abolition. "
Will
May
Slavery
" There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice. "
Escape
Penetrating
Avarice
" We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour. "
Mental
Order
God
" When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling. "
Necessity
First
Desire
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