Other related topics at: Bondage 248. America/Americans; Freedom; Slavery "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" Johnson: Taxation No Tyranny Link 249. Hereditary Bondage; Slavery "It must be agreed that in most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether slavery can ever be supposed the natural condition of man. It is impossible not to conceive that men in their original state were equal; and very difficult to imagine how one would be subjected to another but by violent compulsion. An individual may, indeed, forfeit his liberty by a crime; but he cannot by that crime forfeit the liberty of his children. What is true of a criminal seems true likewise of a captive. A man may accept life from a conquering enemy on condition of perpetual servitude; but it is very doubtful whether he can entail that servitude on his descendants; for o man can stipulate without commission for another. The condition which he himself accepts, his son or grandson would have rejected." Boswell: Life Link 666. America; Freedom; Slavery "Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty." Johnson: Idler #11 (June 24, 1758) Link 1,820. Slavery "Of black men the numbers are too great who are now repining under English cruelty." Johnson: Idler #87 (December 15, 1759) Link