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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

William Cowper
Slavery, Sugar, Pity
William Cowper (1858). “Works of Cowper and Thomson”, p.122

He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color'd like his own, and having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.

William Cowper
Color, Skins, Slavery
William Cowper (1857). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Of the Inner Temple”, p.198

I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.

William Cowper
Sleep, Fans, Slavery
William Cowper (1811). “The task: a poem”, p.40

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