ir first situation to a
state of government.--Chap. II. An account of the first
governments.--Chap. III. Liberty a natural right.--That of
government adventitious.--Government, its nature.--Its end.--Chap.
IV. Mankind cannot be considered as property.--An objection
answered.--Chap. V. Division of the commerce into two parts, as it
relates to those who sell, and those who purchase the human species
into slavery.--The right of the sellers examined with respect to
the two orders of African slaves, "of those who are publickly seized
by virtue of the authority of their prince, and of those, who are
kidnapped by individuals."--Chap. VI. Their right with respect to
convicts.--From the proportion of the punishment to the
offence.--From its object and end.--Chap. VII. Their right with
respect to prisoners of war.--The jus captivitatis, or right of
capture explained.--Its injustice.--Farther explication of the
right of capture, in answer to some supposed objections.--Chap.
VIII. Additional remarks on the two orders that were first
mentioned.--The number which they annually contain.--A description
of an African battle.--Additional remarks on prisoners of war.--On
convicts.--Chap. IX. The right of the purchasers
examined.--Conclusion.

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PART III.

The Slavery of the Africans in the European
Colonies.

CHAP. I. Imaginary scene in Africa.--Imaginary conversation with an
African.--His ideas of Christianity.--A Description of a body of
slaves going to the ships.--Their embarkation.--Chap. II. Their
treatment on board.--The number that annually perish in the
voyage.--Horrid instance at sea.--Their debarkation in the
colonies.--Horrid instance on the shore.--Chap. III. The condition
of their posterity in the colonies.--The lex nativitatis
explained.--Its injustice.--Chap. IV. The seasoning in the
colonies.--The number that annually die in the seasoning.--The
employment of the survivors.--The colonial discipline.--Its
tendency to produce cruelty.--Horrid instance of this
effect.--Immoderate labour, and its consequences.--Want of food
and its consequences.--Severity and its consequences.--The forlorn
situation of slaves.--An appeal to the memory of Alfred.--Chap. V.
The contents of the two preceding chapters denied by the
purchasers.--Their first