Act 3, Scene 2 passage
OROONOKO . "These men are so, whom you would rise against:
If we are Slaves, they did not make us Slaves;
But bought us in an honest way of trade:
As we have done before 'em, bought and sold
Many a wretch, and never thought it wrong.
They paid our Price for us, and we are now
Their property, a part of their Estate,
To manage as they please. Mistake me not,
I do not tamely say, that we should bear
All they could lay upon us: but we find
The load so light, so little to be felt
(Considering they have us in their power,
And may inflict what grievances they please),
We ought not to complain."
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