It is impossible for us to suppose that these are men; because if we should suppose them to be men, one would begin to believe that we ourselves are not Christians.
— Montesquieu Early Modern

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Context

The Spirit of the Laws, Book XV, Chapter V: Of the Slavery of the Negroes

Date / Period

1748

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1066/1066-h/1066-h.htm#link2H_4_0047

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