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Show xxvi P R E F A C E. I have now only to folicit the reader again, that he will m•ke a favourable allowance for the prefent work, not only from thofe circum{bnces which I have mentioned, but from the confideration, that only two months are allowed by the Univerfity for thefe their annual compolitions. Should he however bo unpropitious to my requefi, I mufi conCole my(elfwith the refleCl:ion, (a refleCl:ion that will always affo rd me pleafure, even amidfi the cenfures of the great,) th at by undertaking the caufe of the unfortunate A.f~ ricmzs, I have undertaken, as far as my abilities would permit, the caufe of injured innocence. London, June tfi 1786. CON TEN T S. C 0 N T E N T S. PART I. The Hifiory of Slavery. CHAP. I. IntroduCl:ion.-Divifion of /lavery into voluntary and involuntary.-The latter the fubjeCl: of the prefent work.-Chap. II. The firfi clafs of involuntary 1\aves among the ancients, from war.-ConjeCl:ure concerning their antiquity.-Chap. III. The fecond clafs from piracy.-Short hifiory of piracy.-The dance carpa:a.-Confiderations from hence on the former topick.Three orders of involuntary 1\aves among the ancients.-Chap. IV. Their perfonal treatment.- Exception in lEgyp t.-Exception at Athens.-Chap. V. The caufes of fuch treatment among the ancients in generaLAdditional caufes among the Greeks and Romans.-A refutation of their principles.- * Remarks |
