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Baxter's directions to slave-holders, revived; first printed in London, in the year 1673
Baxter's directions to slave-holders, revived; first printed in London, in the year 1673. : To which is subjoined, a letter from the worthy Anthony Benezet, late of this city, deceased, to the celebrated abbe Raynal, with his answer, which were first published in the Brussels gazette, March 7, 1782.Baxter's directions to slave-holders, revived; first printed in London, in the year 1673. : To which is subjoined, a letter from the worthy Anthony Benezet, late of this city, deceased, to the celebrated abbe Raynal, with his answer, whch were first published in the Brussels gazette, March 7, 1782.
Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey, 1785
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BAXTER's DIRECTIONS TO SLAVE-HOLDERS, REVIVED; First Printed in London, in the Year 1673.
TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, A Letter from the Worthy ANTHONY BENEZET, late of this City, deceased, to the Celebrated ABBE RAYNAL, with his Answer, which were first Published in the Brussels Gazette, March 7, 1782.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed by FRANCIS BAILEY, at Yorick's Head, in Market-Street. MDCCLXXXV.
THE following expostulation with slave holders, is abstracted from the works of Richard Baxter, an eminent author, and dissenting preacher of the last century, and is now republished as an evidence that the same Divine principle which hath enlightened the minds of many in the present age, with a sense of liberty, and influenced the• […] ••pose the inhumanity and injustice of the barbarous trade to Africa, for the purpose of enslaving the poor untutored Negroes, and continuing them and their offspring in bondage, was clearly seen to be unchristian and unjust, at so early a period as that in which the author wrote, viz. in 1673. And it is not because the iniquitous practice hath been since unreproved, by judicious and conscientious men, that it is not yet abolished, but rather that avarice, pride, and ignorance hath so unhappily prevailed over justice and mercy, as to continue great numbers of professing Christians in partaking of the unrighteous gain of oppression.