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The Athenian oracle, the second edition, printed at London. 1704. Vol. I. P. 545-----548 : Quest. Whether trading for Negroes i.e. carrying them out of their own country into perpetual slavery, be in it self unlawful, and especially contrary to the great law of Christianity.

Other author/creatorSewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBoston of the Massachusets : December 5. 1705. Printed by Bartholomew Green, and are to be sold by Samuel Phillips at the brick shop above the Town-House, [1705]
Description4 pages
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 1199. ^A478749
General noteAttributed to Samuel Sewall on the strength of an inscription in the Massachusetts Historical Society copy. From Sewall's correspondence it appears that while he arranged for its reprinting, he did not write this argument against slavery.
General noteCaption title.
General noteImprint from colophon.
References Evans 1199
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 1199).

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