“The first thing I would recommend to put a stop to slavery in this country, is to leave off importing slaves. For this purpose let our assemblies unite in petitioning the king and parliament to dissolve the African committee of merchants: It is by them that the trade is chiefly carried on to America.”

— Benjamin Rush

An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements on the Slavery of the Negroes in America., page 19

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