The condition of their posterity in the colonies .-- The lex nativitatis explained .-- Its injustice .-- Chap.

IV.

The seasoning in the colonies .-- The number that annually die in the seasoning .-- The employment of the survivors .-- The colonial discipline .-- Its tendency to produce cruelty .-- Horrid instance of this effect .-- Immoderate labour, and its consequences .-- Want of food and its consequences .-- Severity and its consequences .-- The forlorn situation of slaves .-- An appeal to the memory of Alfred .-- Chap.

V.
The contents of the two preceding chapters denied by the purchasers .-- Their first argument refuted .-- Their second refuted .-- Their third refuted .-- Chap.

VI.