But the Jamaica slaves, now freemen, are no long dreaded; on the contrary, they form the chief military force of the island; and should a foreign foe attack it, would be found its willing and devoted defenders.
Tappan highlights the change in status of Jamaican slaves who, once feared, are now defenders of their island.
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It is also a matter of notoriety, that the price of slaves has been and still is such as to confine their possession almost exclusively to the rich.
Has it ever happened that the mass of any people were rich enough to keep, for their own convenience, such expensive laborers--as southern slaves?
But what a commentary on slavery and slaveholders is afforded by the gross ignorance prevailing in the old States of South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina!
Slavery is maintained by you whom it impoverishes and degrades, not by those upon whom it confers wealth and influence.