An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species: Particularly the African, Translated from a Latin Dissertation, which was Honored with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785 |
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Abbé Raynal Ægypt affert African againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer appears argument becauſe cafe Canaan caufe cauſe circumftance clafs coaft coaſt Colchis colonies colour commerce confequence confiderable confidered confifts crimes cuftom cuticle defcendants defcribed defcription defign diftance diftinct eſtabliſhed Europeans exifted exiſtence faid fale fame fecond feized fent fervitude feven feveral fhall fhew fhewn fhips fhore fhort fhould fince firft firſt fituation flavery flaves fociety fold fome foon former ftate fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport hiftory himſelf human fpecies inferiour inftance inftantly inhabitants itſelf juft juftice juſt kidnapped labour laſt lefs liberty mafter manner meaſure mentioned moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity obferve occafion paffage perfon pleaſure poffible prefent prince publick puniſhment purchaſed purpoſe reaſon receivers refpect reft rivers Senegal ſcene ſeverity ſhip ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion trade univerfally uſe veffel whofe whoſe wretched Xenoph
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Page 116 - God, We on thy pinions can surpass the wind, And leave the rolling universe behind : From star to star the mental optics rove, Measure the skies, and range the realms above. There in one view we grasp the mighty whole, Or with new worlds amaze th
Page 127 - That all mankind did spring from one original, and that there are no different species among men. For God who made the world, hath made of one blood all the nations of men that dwell on all the face of the earth.
Page 148 - ... happiness. And then see whether they do not place it in the return to their own country, rather than in the contemplation of your grandeur, of which their misery makes so large a part. A return...
Page 135 - ... Human Species" has ascertained the cause in a manner that at once solves every objection on that account, and, on my mind at least, has produced the fullest conviction. I shall therefore refer to that performance for the theory,* contenting myself with extracting a fact as related by Dr.
Page 114 - ... obtained fuch a knowledge of the Englifh language within fixteen months from the time of her arrival, as to be able to fpeak it and read it to the aftonifhment of thofe who heard her.
Page 148 - conftitutes mine or your happinefs, is the fole preroga" tive of him who created us, and c.aft us in fo various *' and different moulds. Did your flaves ever complain " to you of their unhappinefs amidft their native woods " and defarts ? Or, rather, let me afk, did they ever ceafe " complaining of their condition...
Page 135 - Hence alfo, if the hypothefis be admitted, may be deduced the reafon why even thofe children who have been brought from their country at an early age into colder regions, have been obferved to be of a lighter colour than thofe who have remained at home till they arrived at a ftate of manhood. For having undergone fome of the changes which, we mentioned to have attended their countrymen from infancy to a certain age, and having been taken away before the reft could be completed, thefe farther changes,...
Page 131 - ... which from the almoft incredible manner in which the cuticle is perforated, is as acceffible as the cuticle itfelf. Thefe caufes are probably thofe various qualities of things, which, combined with the influence of the fun, contribute to form what we call climate. For when any perfon...
Page 130 - This difcovery was fufficient to afcertain the point in queftion: for it appeared afterwards that the Cuticle, when divided according to this difcovery from the other lamina, was femi-tranfparent; that the cuticle of the blackeft...
Page 134 - ... to fee a gradation of colour in the inhabitants from the equator to the poles, but alfo different fhades of the fame colour in the inhabitants of the fame parallel. To this argument may be added one that is incontrovertible, which is, that when the black inhabitants of Africa are tranfplanted to colder, or the white inhabitants of Europe to hotter climates, their children, born there, are of a different colour from themfelves ; that is, lighter in the firft, and darker in the fécond inftance«...