rst trade to the coast of_ Guinea:
_Violently carry off some of the Negros._

CHAP. VI. _Slavery more tolerable under_ Pagans _and_ Turks
_than in the colonies. As christianity prevailed, ancient
slavery declined_.

CHAP. VII. Montesquieu's _sentiments of slavery_. Morgan
Godwyn's _advocacy on behalf of Negroes and Indians, &c._

CHAP. VIII. _Grievous treatment of the Negroes in the colonies,
&c._

CHAP. IX. _Desire of gain the true motive of the_ Slave trade.
_Misrepresentation of the state of the Negroes in Guinea_.

CHAP. X. _State of the Government in_ Guinea, &c.

CHAP. XI. _Accounts of the cruel methods used in carrying on of
the_ Slave trade, &c.

CHAP. XII. _Extracts of several voyages to the coast of_ Guinea,
&c.

CHAP. XIII. _Numbers of Negroes, yearly brought from_ Guinea,
_by the_ English, &c.

CHAP. XIV. _Observations on the situation and disposition of the
Negroes in the northern colonies_, &c.

CHAP. XV. Europeans _capable of bearing reasonable labour in
the_ West Indies, &c.

_Extracts from_ Granville Sharp's _representations,_ &c.

_Sentiments of several authors,_ viz. George Wallace, Francis
Hutcheson, _and_ James Foster.

_Extracts of an address to the assembly of_ Virginia.

_Extract of the bishop of_ Gloucester's _sermon_.

INTRODUCTION.

The slavery of the Negroes having, of late, drawn the attention of many
serious minded people; several tracts have been published setting forth
its inconsistency with every christian and moral virtue, which it is
hoped will have weight with the judicious; especially at a time when the
liberties of mankind are become so much the subject of general
attention. For the satisfaction of the serious enquirer who may not have
the opportunity of seeing those tracts, and such others who are
sincerely desirous that the iniquity of this practice may become
effectually apparent, to those in whose power, it may be to put a stop
to any farther progress therein; it is proposed, hereby, to republish
the most material parts of said tracts; and in order to enable the
reader to form a true judgment of this matter, which, tho' so very
important, is generally disregarded, or so artfully misrepresented by
those whose interest leads them to vindicate it, as to bias the opinions
of people otherwise upright; some account wil