Thirdly, the old fear of slave insurrections, which had long played so prominent a part in legislation, now gained new power from the imminence of war and from the well-founded fear that the British might incite servile uprisings.
This quote reflects the fears surrounding slave uprisings that influenced legislation during the Revolutionary War era.
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