Pro Slavery Satire

If it wasn’t for the fact, that I knew this piece was meant to be a satire and to mock, and make fun of a pro-slavery speech, I would have been very offended by it. While reading this, this part stood out too me, “If we cease our Cruises against the Christians, how shall we be furnished with the Commodities their Countries produce, and which are so necessary for us? If we forbear to make Slaves of their People, who in this hot Climate are to cultivate our Lands? Who are to perform the common Labours of our City, and in our Families? Must we not then be our own Slaves? It really goes to show how lazy slave owners were and how conceded they were. It is sad that they really felt that they were that much better than another human being just because