The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶62
Gibbon, it should be added, was one of the first and most consistent opponents of the African slave-trade. (See Hist. ch. xxv. and Letters to Lor Sheffield, Misc. Works)—M.]Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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