When civilized, as well as barbarous nations, have been found, through a long succession of ages, uniformly to concur in the same customs, there seems to arise a presumption, that such customs are not only eminently useful, but are founded also on the principles of justice.
An edition of An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African
(1786)
An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African
Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the ... Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions
by Thomas Clarkson
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