An Essay on the slavery and Commerce of the Human species, particularly the African, translated from a Latin dissertation which was honoured with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785, with additions, by Thomas Clarkson (London 1786)

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Clarkson covers the history of slavery as a human phenomenon, paying particular attention to classical history, different forms of servitude; philosophical concepts of freedom; the African trade and its horrors and their suffering; rejection of arguments that justify enslavement of Africans including the biblical ones.
ï¿½ï¿½if liberty is only an adventitious right; if men are by no means superior to brutes; if every social duty is a curse; if cruelty is highly to be esteemed; if murder is strictly honourable, and Christianity is a lye (sic); then it is evident, that the African slavery may be pursued, without the remorse of conscienceï¿½but if the contrary of this is true, , which reason must immediately evince, it is evident that no custom established among men was ever more impious.ï¿½

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Reference	Binnsvol015-003
Volume	BINNS VOL. 15
Author	CLARKSON (Thomas)
Publication year	1786
Pages	144