[76] History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. L.
[77] Tocqueville, L’Ancien Régime, Liv. III. ch. 5, (2me édit.,) p. 302.
[78] Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne, Liv. II. ch. 6.
[79] Charles Comte, Traité de Législation, (2me édit.,) Tom. IV. pp. 129, 445.
[80] Journey through Upper India, (London, 1829,) Vol. III. p. 355.
[81] “Scio me esse servum: nescio etiam id quod scio.”—Plautus, Bacchides, Act. IV. Sc. vii. 21 [Ritschl, 791].
[82] Smith, Dict. Greek and Roman Antiq., art. Servus and Tormentum.
[83] Notes on Virginia, Query XIV.: Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 385.
[84] Blair, Inquiry into the State of Slavery amongst the Romans, pp. 62-64.
[85] Voet, Commentarius ad Pandectas, Lib. XXII. Tit. 5, sec. 2. See, also, Stephens, Slavery of the British West India Colonies, Vol. I. p. 171.