chap, iv.] WEST INDIES. 
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CHAPTER IV. 
Means of obtaining slaves in Africa.—Observations there¬ 
on.—Objections to a direct and immediate abolition of 
the trade by the British nation only.—The probable 
consequences of such a measure, both in Africa and 
the West Indies, considered.—Disproportions of sexes 
in the number of slaves annually exported from Africa. 
.—( auses thereof.—Mode of transporting negroes to the 
West Indies, and regulations recently established by 
act of parliament.—Effect of those regulations. 
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I T hath been observed in a former chapter, that 
no certain and precise account is easily to be ob¬ 
tained, of the means by which the market for slaves 
is annually kept up and supported in Africa. The 
several instances that are given of slavery arising 
from captivity in war, delinquency and debt, seem 
inadequate to so regular and abundant a supply. It 
is difficult to imagine, that casual contributions of 
this kind can possibly furnish an annual export of 
