Download or read book The African Slave Trade, Vol. 2 written by Thomas Fowell Buxton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The African Slave Trade, Vol. 2: The Remedy In one respect I apprehend no liability to error. With all confidence we may affirm, that nothing per manent will be effected, unless we raise the native mind. It is possible to conceive such an application of force as shall blockade the whole coast, and sweep away every slaver: but should that effort relax, the trade in man would revive. Compulsion, so long as it lasts, may restrain the act, but it will not eradicate the motive. The African will not have ceased to desire, and vehemently to crave, the spirits, the am munition, and the articles of finery and commerce which Europe alone can supply: and these he can Obtain by the Slave Trade, and by the Slave Trade only, while he remains what he is. The pursuit Of man, therefore, is to him not a matter of choice and selection, but of necessity, and after any interval Of constrained abstinence, he will revert to it as the bu siness of his life. 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.