"But when the English, (for though the Portuguese and Spaniards had transported Africans more early to their American settlements; yet Hawkins, an Englishman, is said first to have given occasion for the present inhuman trade) a nation most highly favoured of liberty, is viewed as taking the lead in this odious traffic, and as bending down the soul in utter darkness, the more effectually to enslave the body; freedom must blush indignantly, while humanity mourns over the reproachful tale."
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies
James Ramsay, <u>An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies</u> (London: printed and sold by James Phillips, 1784). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CMINAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;