[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] farther. By this means the slave trade which hath so long lain dormant, to the great damage of the Company, might by degrees be again revived; Angola, independent of the Company's supplies, would be somewhat assisted by the trade of individual merchants; the country be cultivated by freemen, who will settle there for the purpose of raising provisions and necessaries, HOLLAND DOCUMENTS : IIL 245 and the tolls and duty on the slaves, can contribute somewhat to lessen the burthen of our Military there. Such at least might be allowed provisionally for some time, until the condition of affairs, whether in Brazil or elsewhere, otherwise demand. Coming now to the conquests of Brazil and New Netherland, it is notorious that all their profit and prosperity must proceed exclusively from the cultivation of the soil, and this cannot be better promoted than by population. It is, indeed, true that the supply and abundance of slaves, by whom the tillage of the soil must be accomplished, obviates the necessity of a great number of people who would otherwise be required for Agriculture. Nevertheless, if slaves are to be properly treated, they must have their particular owners, each of whom undertakes colonies, plantations and farms according to his circumstances and means, and endeavors by slave labor to derive therefrom, either for immediate support or for exportation, whatever can be a source of profit.