Read the excerpt and answer the question. How horrible is the Uncleanness, Mortality, if not Murder, that the Ships are guilty of that bring great Crouds
of these miserable Men, and Women. Methinks, when we are bemoaning the barbarous Usage of our Friends
and Kinsfolk in Africa: it might not be unseasonable to enquire whether we are not culpable in forcing the
Africans to become Slaves amongst our selves. And it may be a question whether all the Benefit received by
Negro Slaves, will balance the Accompt of Cash laid out upon them, and for the Redemption of our own
enslaved Friends out of Africa. Besides all the persons and Estates that have perished there.
What is the meaning of this excerpt from Sewall's "The Selling of Joseph"?
White people had done immeasurable damage to Africans
Too much beneft was to be gained to stop enslaving Africans.
Too many people had been killed in the attempt to trade Africans.
White people could redeem themselves for the purchase of Africans.