This writer, speaking of the slave-trade, asserts, that people are never kidnapped on the coast of _Africa_.

In speaking of the treatment of slaves, he asserts again, that it is of the very mildest nature, and that they live in the most comfortable and happy manner imaginable.

To prove each of his assertions, he proposes the following regulations.

That the _stealing_ of slaves from _Africa_ should be felony.

That the _premeditated murder_ of a slave by any person on board, should come under the same denomination.