Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . WILLIAM PITT. 1MB was when slaves were exported like cattle fromthe British Coast and exposed for sale in the Romanmarket. These men and women who were thus soldwere supposed to be guilty of witchcraft, debt, blas-phemy or theft. Or else they were prisoners taken inwar—they had forfeited their right to freedom, and we sold them. Wesaid they were incapable of self-government and so must be lookedafter. Later we quit selling British slaves, but began to buy andtrade in African humanity. We silenced conscience by saying, Itsall right—they are inca
Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . WILLIAM PITT. 1MB was when slaves were exported like cattle fromthe British Coast and exposed for sale in the Romanmarket. These men and women who were thus soldwere supposed to be guilty of witchcraft, debt, blas-phemy or theft. Or else they were prisoners taken inwar—they had forfeited their right to freedom, and we sold them. Wesaid they were incapable of self-government and so must be lookedafter. Later we quit selling British slaves, but began to buy andtrade in African humanity. We silenced conscience by saying, Itsall right—they are incapable of self-government. We were once asobscure, as debased, as ignorant, as barbaric, as the African is trust that the time will come when we are willing to give to Africathe opportunity, the hope, the right to attain to the same blessingsthat we ourselves enjoy. —WILLIAM PITT on Abolition of Slavery in England.
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