We are very glad to hear again from our correspondent 'S.B.'
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We are very glad to hear again from our correspondent 'S.B.'
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We are very glad to hear again from our correspondent 'S.B.' The story which he relates, may be also found in the Worcester Magazine copied from the Farmer's Letters, written, if we rightly remember, by a Mr. Dickinson, who in the same volume gives a curious description of the island and the inhabitants of Nantucket. We hope he will furnish us an essay on the gross inconsistency of those persons, who are conscientiously opposed to slavery, and yet consume the products of slave labor. What would be thought of the officers of justice, who should most rigorously punish thieves, and at the same time purchase their goods, knowing them to be stolen? What would be thought of the conduct of the Governor of New Zealand, if he should say that he did all he could to put a stop to the horrid murders committed by the natives, and should at the same time be in the habit of paying a high price for every human head, which they should bring in properly prepared and tattooed? It is a correct maxim in law 'the receiver is as bad as the thief,' the accomplice as the robber, and nothing is more evident than that slavery is sustained and perpetuated by the citizens of the free States. and by those very persons, who profess to be vehemently opposed to slavery but who are unwittingly tearing down with one hand what they are building up with the other. 'Touch not, taste not, handle not' should be written on every article known to be the productions of slave labor.
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The Liberator 2: 23, p. 91
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“We are very glad to hear again from our correspondent 'S.B.',” No Stain of Tears and Blood, accessed October 22, 2026, https://productsoffreelabor.com/items/show/234.
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