Thomas Phillip’s in “the conscience of a slave trader” argues that African slaves do not deserve to be treated harshly based upon the color of their skin. Phillip’s supports his claim by asserting that slaves are also god’s creatures, regardless of their different skin color . In addition, he further argues that there is no intrinsic value in white skin over black skin and that it is simply due to the bias of men, which causes Europeans to look harshly to a man of black skin. The author’s purpose is to convey the lack of meaningful inherent differences between Africans and Europeans in order to condemn the reasons of Europeans for the enslavement of blacks. The author writes in a tone sympathetic to enslaved Africans for the Europeans who
