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Gentlemen:
I greet you here on the bank of the James River
in the year of our lord, one thousand seven
hundred and twelve. First , I shall thank you, the
gentlemen of the of the colony of Virginia, for
bringing me here. I am here to help you solve some
of your problems with slaves. Your invitation
reached me in my modest plantation in the West
Indies where I have experimented with some of the
newest and still the oldest method for control of
slaves. Ancient Rome would envy us if my program
is implemented. As our boat sailed south on the
James River, named for our illustrious KING JAMES,
whose BIBLE we CHERISH, I saw enough to know that
our problem is not unique. While Rome used cords
or wood as crosses for standing human bodies along
the old highways in great numbers, you are here
using the tree and the rope on occasion.
I caught the whiff of a dead slave hanging from
a tree a couple of miles back. You are losing
valuable stock by hangings, you are having
uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are
sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum
profit, you suffer occasional fires, your animals
are killed, Gentleman,...You know what your
problems are; I do not need to elaborate. I am not
here to enumerate your problems, I am here to
introduce you to a method of solving them.
In my bag, I have a fool proof method for
controlling your slaves. I guarantee everyone of
you that if installed it will control the slaves
for at least three hundred years. My method is
simple, any member of your family or any OVERSEER
can use it.
I have outlined a number of differences among
the slaves, and I take these differences and make
them bigger. I use FEAR, DISTRUST, and ENVY for
control purposes. These methods have worked on my
modest plantation in the West Indies, and it will
work throughout the SOUTH. Take this simple little
list of differences and think about them. On the
top of my list is "AGE" but it is only
there because it starts with an "A"; The
second is"COLOR" or shade; there is
INTELLIGENCE, SIZE, SEX, SIZE OF PLANTATION,
ATTITUDE of owner, whether the slaves live in the
valley, on a hill, east or west, north, south,
have fine or coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now
that you have a list of differences, I shall give
you an outline of action- but before that, I shall
assure you that DISTRUST IS STRONGER THAN TRUST,
AND ENVY IS STRONGER THAN ADULATION, RESPECT OR
ADMIRATION.
The black slave, after receiving this
indoctrination, shall carry on and will become
self-refueling and self-generating for hundreds of
years, maybe thousands.
Don't forget you must pitch the old black VS.
the young black males, and the young black male
against the old black male. You must use the dark
skinned slaves VS. the light skin slaves. You must
use the female VS the male, and the male VS, the
female. You must always have your servants and
OVERSEERS distrust all blacks, but it is necessary
that your slaves trust and depend on us.
Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control,
use them. Never miss an opportunity. My plan is
guaranteed, and the good thing about this plan is
that if used intensely for one year the slave will
remain perpetually distrustful.
-WILLIAM LYNCH-1772
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