Note 4 — GENERAL INTRODUCTION.

The general history of slavery is also the subject of a book of Tourmagne’s. “There are two volumes by A. Tourmagne,” says Ingram, “entitled respectively Histoire de l’Esclavage Ancien et Moderne, 1880, and Histoire du Servage Ancien et Moderne, 1879, which bring together many facts relating to slavery and serfdom; but they are somewhat loose and uncritical; the author, too, repeats himself much, and dwells on many topics scarcely, if at all, connected with his main themes”4. We are not acquainted with Tourmagne’s book on serfdom: but as to his Histoire de l’Esclavage we fully agree with Ingram.