Author: Wm Hagadorn
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Published: 2015-07-12
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781331256946
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Excerpt from A Comparison of American and British Slavery Many British subjects, upon reading the title of this Pamphlet, would, we know, hold up their hands in holy horror at the idea of such a thing as Slavery in Britain - in Britain, where they have so often and so loudly sung - "Britons never will be Slaves!" Was it not all Britain as well as England, of which the poet spoke, when he said "Slaves cannot breathe in England!" Ah, so it was; and the poet might have added to the sentiment, so as to make it more complete and more true. He might have said: "As Slavery is defined "involuntary servitude," and as the great body of British laborers do indirectly, but yet "involuntarily" serve their masters, the privileged classes, with their hard labor - being allowed less of their labor's product for their own use than American Slaves are allowed - therefore the great body of British laborers are, in fact Slaves." Then the poet might have exclaimed - "Disguise thyself as thou wilt - still, Slavery, thou'rt a bitter draught!" And after this, the poet might have added. "'Slaves cannot breathe in England' - without having to pay their masters roundly for the 'glorious privilege!'" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
