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Il ne manque aux nègres qu’un chef assez courageux, pour les conduire à la vengeance & au carnage.
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The statement claims that the only thing lacking is a brave leader who would guide Black people toward revenge and mass killing. It presents violence as the result of having such a leader, and frames vengeance and carnage as the intended goal. The wording is openly inflammatory and dehumanizing.
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- Wikisource, *Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes*, Livre XI, chapitre 24
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- Official Statement
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