HONOURED OF GOD AND VENERATED BY MAN AS THE PROMPTER OF BRITISH HUMANITY, AND THE ORIGINATOR OF BRITISH EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE OPPRESSED NEGRO RACE; WHO, FOR A SERIES OF NEARLY THREESCORE YEARS, HAS MAINTAINED A COURSE OF ZEALOUS, SELF-DENYING, AND INDEFATIGABLE LABOUR IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY; AND WHO HAS BEEN SPARED TO WITNESS THE SUCCESS OF HIS LABOURS, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF THAT TO JOSEPH STURGE, ESQ. WHOSE HONEST MENTAL ACUMEN, CONJOINED WITH AN HEROIC SPIRIT OF PHILANTHROPIC ENTERPRISE, AND AN UNCOMPROMISING FIDELITY, HAS STIMULATED HIM TO A LABORIOUS PERSONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE AGGRAVATED HORRORS OF REAL SLAVERY WHICH, BY ONCE MORE ROUSING THE PUBLIC SPIRIT OF GENEROUS INDIGNATION, LED ON, UNDER DIVINE PROVIDENCE, TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WORK OF EXTIRPATING SLAVERY FROM THE BRITISH DOMINIONS : AND TO ALL WHO, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPHERES, WHETHER IN THE SENATE, ON THE PLATFORM, FROM THE PRESS, OR IN THE PRIVATE CIRCLE, HAVE ADVOCATED AND AIDED THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND HUMANITY IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE WITH OPPRESSION AND CRUELTY, This Enlarged Edition OF THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND ITS ABOLITION EYTHORNE, KENT, June 8, 1839. IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. THE NATURE OF SLAVERY-Slavery defined-Distinguished SECTION II. THE ORIGIN OF SLAVERY-Slavery not founded in nature- SLAVERY ACKNOWLEDGED IN SCRIPTURE-Slavery recog nized and regulated, but not sanctioned-The moral law the rule of human duty-The judicial law takes things HISTORY OF SLAVERY-Early introduction of slavery— Nimrod-The Ishmaelites-Joseph in Egypt-The Is- SLAVERY AMONG THE ROMANS-Slaves obtained by war- crime-sale-birth. Employment of slaves-Power SLAVERY AMONG THE JEWS-Slavery denounced as a pun- ishment for idolatry-Possession of slaves among the Hebrews Man-stealing forbidden-Manner of ac- quiring slaves-Treatment-Humanity enjoined—Ob- servance of the sabbath-Conduct to female slaves- Voluntary servitude-Year of release-The nations of Canaan-Foreign oppressors of Israel-Captivity of SLAVERY IN EUROPE-The feudal system -The Roman conquests-Condition of the peasantry-Britain-Chil- dren sold by their parents-Saxon heptarcay-Humane Sentiments-Irish generosity-Slavery by ancestry— Enfranchisement - Ensigns of slavery - Instance of manumission-Redemption of slaves-Decay of slavery |