"It is saying, in other words, that the privileges in question are no matter of natural right, but to be settled by convention, as the good and safety of society may require. If society should disfranchise individuals convicted of infamous crimes, would this be an invasion of..-"
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"I have heard of complaint made by a free prostitute, of the greater countenance and indulgence shown by society towards colored persons of her profession, (always regarded as of an inferior and servile class, though individually free,) than to those of her own complexion...
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"The colored prostitute is, in fact, a far less contaminated and depraved being." "Under these circumstances, with imperfect knowledge, tempted by the strongest of human passions... can it be matter of surprise that [colored women] should so often yield to the temptation?"
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This particular one is surprising to me. I had heard vaguely of racist stereotypes of black women as sexually depraved but this makes it seem super real.
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"But I do not hesitate to say, that the intercourse which takes place with enslaved females, is less depraving in its effects, than when it is carried on with females of their own " ??? ok I was trying to maintain empathy for the author but it's getting seriously harder
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I'm gonna stop reading now, but this was super interesting. Most of his arguments rely on inconsistency - he points out all the ways in which abolitionists are hypocritical. He also relies a lot on how sometimes bad things are necessary and inevitable.
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I'm sure he never asked any slaves about their opinions on whipping.
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