. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. fe37 y-^yeare 1713 at fort William and Mary. .2, them to desert Royal governors sometimes allowed negroes to vote, encouragedA3. to. the British, and stole them. 1. Prov. Papers, N. K. IV, 442. 2. hoc. rel. to Col. Hist, of N. Y., IV, 1048. 3. Gorresp. of Rev. betters to Washington, I, 167. 4. Diary of the Amer. Rev., APPENDIX TO GHAPTE R de Tott, speaking of the ignorance of the Turks, whoare also slaves, hut whites, said, that it was with difficulty thathe could make them comprehend ho?/ two triangles could he equal toone right one. Bu
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. fe37 y-^yeare 1713 at fort William and Mary. .2, them to desert Royal governors sometimes allowed negroes to vote, encouragedA3. to. the British, and stole them. 1. Prov. Papers, N. K. IV, 442. 2. hoc. rel. to Col. Hist, of N. Y., IV, 1048. 3. Gorresp. of Rev. betters to Washington, I, 167. 4. Diary of the Amer. Rev., APPENDIX TO GHAPTE R de Tott, speaking of the ignorance of the Turks, whoare also slaves, hut whites, said, that it was with difficulty thathe could make them comprehend ho?/ two triangles could he equal toone right one. But it is only necessary, to prove the nullityof Mr. Jeffersons remark, to copy his own reflections. He asks,•if the world has produced more than two poets acknowledged to hesuch by all nations; how many mathematicians, how many great inven-tors in arts and sciences had Europe, north of the Ajbps, when theRomans crossed those mountains? and then he says, «it was sixteen Ou centuries beforeANewton could be formed1. And after asking thesequestions, he absurdly expects that black poets and mathematiciansare to spring up like mushrooms, i^k -kr Religion has produced a Phyllis Wheatly; but it could not producea poet, is another of Mr. Jeffersons dogmata. Phyllis was broughtfrom Africa to America, between 7 and 8 years of age; and withoutany assistance from a sc
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