Excerpt from An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African: In Three Parts; Translated From a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honored With the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, With Additions Such have been the exertk)still prosecuting, as fiar as they are able, their benevolent design and I should stop here and praise them for thus continuing their humane endeavours, but that I conceive it to be unnecess sa'ry. They are acting consistently with the prins ciples of religion. They will find a reward in: their own consc1ences; and they will receive more real pleasure from a single reflection on' thelr conduct, than they can' possibly from the praises of rah host of writers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.