Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-377) and index.
Contents:
Germantown protest (1688). Isle of Pines (1668) / John Locke -- Abdelazer (1676) ; Oroonoko (1688) / Aphra Behn -- Oroonoko (1696) / Thomas Southerne -- Contexts : Europe, America, and Africa. From A short account of the destruction of the Indies (1542) / Bartolomé de las Casas -- From Democrates secundus (1547) / Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda -- From "Of the cannibals" (1580) and "Of coaches" (1588) / Michel Eyquem de Montaigne -- From On spreading the Gospel among the savages ; or, on Securing the salvation of the Indians (1589) / José de Acosta -- From The English - American his travail by sea and land (1648) / Thomas Gage -- From A true and exact history of the island of Barbados (1657) / Richard Ligon -- From The history of Sir Francis Drake (1658) / Sir William Davenant -- From Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'Isle de Cayenne (1664) / Antoine Biet -- From An exact relation of the most execrable attempts of John Allin, committed on the person of His Excellency Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham (1665) / William Byam -- From The history of the Caribby - Islands (1658) / Charles de Rochefort -- From Histoire generale des Antilles habitées par les François (1667 - 71) / Jean-Baptiste du Tertre -- From An impartial description of Surinam (1667) / George Warren -- From Great newes from the Barbadoes (1676) -- From The Negro's and Indians advocate (1680) / Morgan Godwyn -- From Friendly advice to the gentlemen planters of the East and West Indies (1684) / Thomas Tryon -- Discussions of colonialism. From Iewes in America ; or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that race (1650) / Thomas Thorowgood -- From Americans no Iewes ; or, Improbabilities that the Americans are of that race (1651) / Hamon L'Estrange -- From Leviathan (1651) / Thomas Hobbes -- From A brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious errors to church and state, in Mr. Hobbes's book, entitled 'Leviathan' (1676) / Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon -- From An essay concerning the true original, extent, and end of civil government, in Two treatises of government (1694) / John Locke -- Germantown protest (1688).
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