Excerpt from An Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade, Vol. 1 of 2: In Two Parts Having faid a few words on the authenticity of the pages now to be offered to the publick, I (hall only add, that I fhail think myfelf fufiiciently repaid for any trouble I have taken, if they tend to throw any light on the fubjeet; and to convince mankind, that Providence has unwerfally made the fcale to preponderate in favour of humanity; or that the African nave trade has not that found policy for its bafis, which people have but generally imagined. 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.