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02-22-2008, 10:40 AM
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Dear Nanyika
It may be difficult to distinguish between an excuse and an explanation. My point about Morris and the importation of people, both free and enslaved, was meant as an explanation of the complete circumstance. I try to say out of the value judgment business, as I am happy to leave that to the likes of Mr. Coard.
- also - You contend that "most early American merchants did not participate in the slave trade", and I suppose this is true. Still most early American merchants sold dry goods brought in on credit from England, and they did not have the means to participate - even if they wanted to. One cannot conclude a lack of desire because of a lack of action. There were a number of people who brought in more than Morris (who brought in about 200 as far as I can tell). For example those Rhode Islanders, Messers D'Wolf, Aaron Lopez, and Jacob Rivera worked together to bring in the most, with locals - Franks, Riche, and Rundle in a close second. (btw that's the same Franks who was Haym Solomon's father in law). Let us not forget that the Rhode Islanders were pleased to break the first non-importation agreement in their efforts to supply Henry Lauren's clients in the Carolinas with slaves, or that in total they carried over 10,000 up and down the coast and as far as South America. You may be interested to know that according to the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (PMHB 88:52) 241 people sold slaves in Pennsylvania between between 1682 and 1766. Last edited by Ubergeek404 : 02-22-2008 at 11:24 AM. Reason: spelling
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