British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . hold was crammedfull of valuable black ivory—Negro slaves! Hawkins hadsailed from England to Sierra Leone, and had gatheredthese in with the scant ceremony to which the unfortunatehuman chattels were destined to become accustomed inthose days. It is no doubt regrettable enough that the Englishshould have made their first definite trading appearancein South America in the light of slave carriers. Butthe ethics of the sixteenth century differed
British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . hold was crammedfull of valuable black ivory—Negro slaves! Hawkins hadsailed from England to Sierra Leone, and had gatheredthese in with the scant ceremony to which the unfortunatehuman chattels were destined to become accustomed inthose days. It is no doubt regrettable enough that the Englishshould have made their first definite trading appearancein South America in the light of slave carriers. Butthe ethics of the sixteenth century differed widely fromthose of to-day. At that period there was no questioneven of by how much the Negro was less than the white;the only surmise was by how little he was better thanthe beasts! This doubt was fully shared by the clergy,who, for a long period after the Negro had become Chris-tianized, hesitated to admit him to the sacraments. Infact, although humane persons were protesting againstthe ill-treatment of slaves, it was far from occurringeither to cleric or to layman that there was anything rep-rehensible in the actual traffic in human
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