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 For in Africa, not only the effects of the insolvent, but even the insolvent himself, is sold, to satisfy the lawful demands of his creditors.

"The fourth cause above enumerated is the commission of crimes to which the laws of the country have affixed slavery as a punishment.

"When" a freeman has become a slave by any one of the causes before mentioned, he generally continues so for life, and his children they are born of an enslaved mother) are brought up in the same state of servitude."

In regard to the treatment of the slaves in Africa, the same author, in addition to the general remarks already quoted, presents some occasional pictures, such as follow (he is describing some of the Moorish tribes on the southern border of the Great Desert): —

"The employment of the women varies according to their degrees of opulence. Queen Fatima and a few others of high rank, like the great ladies in some parts of Europe, pass their time chiefly in conversing with their visitors, performing their devotions, or admiring their charms in a looking-glass. The women of inferior class employ themselves in different domestic duties.