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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1833
Page
4
Fragment from a Virginia debate defending slavery against emancipation schemes, arguing that taxing enslaved people harms white wealth and population growth. The speaker contends deporting slaves would devastate state wealth, discourage marriage, and push whites to emigrate, while blacks would gain a reproductive advantage.
The article argues that mass emigration or deportation harms the remaining population's vitality by drying up labor and capital. It compares historic expulsions in Europe, defends Africa slave exports as boosting Africa and Virginia, and rejects abolitionist schemes to remove slaves. It critiques voluntary surrender plans and hints at wider political-economic implications. It cites Brown and Randolph arguments and laments the impracticality of any humane solution that balances growth with abolition.
The fragment notes a vast slave estate in Virginia valued at 100 million dollars and argues its destruction will ruin Virginia, whether by careful gradual methods or swift drastic actions. The text frames slavery as an enduring, invincible presence and foresees Virginia becoming a desert.
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