The real or supposed necessity of treating the Negroes with rigor gradually brings a numbness upon the heart and renders most of those who are engaged in it too indifferent to the sufferings of their fellow creatures.

John Newton

Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade

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Consequences of slavery

Author

John Newton

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Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade

Language

English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

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Clergyman Abolitionist Christian

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Newton, John. "Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade." Letters and Sermons. c. 1780.

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