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5825. NEGROES, Sleep and amusements.—[continued].
In general, their existence
appears to participate more of sensation
than reflection. To this must be ascribed their
disposition to sleep when abstracted from their
diversions, and unemployed in labor. An animal
whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect,
must be disposed to sleep of course.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 382.
Ford ed., iii, 245.
(1782)
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