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PART I.

The History of Slavery.

CHAP. I. Introduction.--Division of slavery into voluntary and
involuntary.--The latter the subject of the present work.--Chap. II.
The first class of involuntary slaves among the ancients, from
war.--Conjecture concerning their antiquity.--Chap. III. The second
class from piracy.--Short history of piracy.--The dance
carpoea.--Considerations from hence on the former topick.--Three
orders of involuntary slaves among the ancients.--Chap. IV. Their
personal treatment.--Exception in Ægypt.--Exception at
Athens.--Chap. V. The causes of such treatment among the ancients in
general.--Additional causes among the Greeks and Romans.--A
refutation of their principles.--Remarks on the writings of
Æsop.--Chap. VI. The ancient slave-trade.--Its antiquity.--Ægypt
the first market recorded for this species of traffick.--Cyprus the
second.--The agreement of the writings of Moses and Homer on the
subject.--The universal prevalence of the trade.--Chap. VII. The
decline of this commerce and slavery in Europe.--The causes of
their decline.--Chap. VIII. Their revival in Africa.--Short history
of their revival.--Five classes of involuntary slaves among the
moderns.--Cruel instance of the Dutch colonists at the Cape.