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Show xxviii C 0 N T E N T S. Remarks on the writings of JEfop.-Chap. VI. The ancient llave-trade.-Its antiquity.- A:gypt the firll: market recorded for this fpecies oftraffick.--Cyprus the fecond.-The agreement of the writings of Mofcs and Homer on the fubject.-The univerf.1l prevalence of the trade.-Chap. VII. The decline of this commerce and flavery in Europe.- The catj{es of their dccline.-Chap. VIII. Their revival in Africa.-Short hiftory of their revivaL-Five clalfes of involuntary llaves among the moderns.-Cruel inll:ance of the Dutch colonill:s at the Cape. P A R T II. The African Commerce or Slave-Trade. CHAP. I. The hill:ory of mankind from their firll: li tuation to a ll:ate of government.- Chap. II. An account of the firll: governments.-Chap. III. Liberty a JJatural right.-That of government adventitious.- Governmcnt, its nature.-Its encl.Chap. IV. Mankind cannot be conlidered as property.- C 0 N T E N T S. xxix property.-An objection anfwercd.-Chap. V. Divilion of the commerce into two parts, as it relates to thofe who fell, and thofe who purchafe the human fpecies into llavcry.The right of the fellers examined with refpect to the two orders of African flaves, " of thofe who are publickly feized by virtue " of the authority of their prince, and of " thofe, who are kidnapped by individuals.Chap. VI. Their right with refpect to convicts.- From the proportion of the punilllment to the offence.-From its object and end.-Chap. \'II. Their right with refpect to prifoners of war.-The jus captivitatis, or right of capture explained.-Its injull:ice.Farther explication of the right of capture, in anfwer to fome fuppofed objections.Chap. VIII. Addi tiona! remarks on the two orders that were firll: mentioned.-The number which they annually contain.-A defcription of an African battle.-Additional remarks on prifoners of war.-On convicts.- Chap. IX. The right of the purchafcrs examined . ...,....Conclulion. |