Book XV, Chapter 1
Slavery defined as contrary to nature - establishes principled opposition.
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From The Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu
Slavery is contrary to natural law and useful in no government; Montesquieu's ironic chapter on Negro slavery is a celebrated piece of Enlightenment anti-slavery rhetoric.
Book XV, Chapter 5
On the slavery of the negroes - famously ironic chapter using mock-justifications to expose the institution's absurdity.
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Another origin of the right of slavery - critique of conquest-based justifications.
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