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Extract of a letter to a gentleman in Maryland : Wherein is demostrated the extreme wickedness of tolerating the slave trade, in order to favour the illegalities of our colonies, where the two first foundations of English law (Two witnesses of God), are supplanted by opposite (and, of course, illegal) ordinances, which occasions a civil death of the English constitution, so that these two witnesses may be said to lie dead in all the West India Islands! Originally printed in America. First printed in London in 1793.

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Main Author:	Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Edition:	The third edition.
Subjects:	Slave trade > West Indies > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
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