Accounts of the British Empire

Relevant Quotations


“Light and comfort will beam upon the soul of the Negro. He will pass from a death of sin, to a life of righteousness.”


In this passage, the natives are placed on the opposite extreme of civility in comparison to the British. The natives are described as sinners and wrongdoers for not worshipping the same God as the British; thus, the British have the duty of saving the natives from ignorance by converting them to christianity.

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