"Various and manifold as are the forms of monstrosity, some of them recur with such uniformity of type as to constitute a regular series." History shows that various as are the other social monstrosities, domestic slavery always recurred with a filial uniformity of type. "The genesis of malformation in the human body is still veiled in much obscurity despite some progress made in science." Social _teratology_, or the science of monstrosities, easily traces the origin and genesis of domestic slavery. A conscientious study of the records of bygone nations, as well as of the events daily witnessed during a decennium, produced the following pages. They complete what I said about slavery a few years ago.[2] As then, so now, I am almost wholly unacquainted with anti-slavery literature in any of its manifestations. I diligently sought for information in the literary and political productions of pro-slavery writers. Beside legislative enactments, political discussions, and resolutions by Congress and the legislatures of the various Slave States, and the messages of their respective governors, I read every thing that came within my reach, even sermons, heaps of "De Bow's Review" and "Fletcher's Studies on Slavery."[3] Ah!... For years the rich resources of the Astor Library have facilitated my general studies, and the information there sought and found was enhanced by the kindest liberality experienced from Dr. Coggswell and all his assistants. And now let History unfold her records. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: A Manual of Pathological Anatomy, by Carl Rokitansky, M.D. Translated from the German, by Edward Swaine, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.] [Footnote 2: "America and Europe," chap. X.] [Footnote 3: Among the neutral publications on American slavery, the most remarkable and instructive is the work entitled "The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States," by John Codman Hurt.] SLAVERY IN HISTORY. I. EGYPTIANS. AUTHORITIES: _Wilkinson_, _Rosellini_, _Lepsius_, _Uhlemann_, _Rénan_, _Guttschmidt_, _Bugsch_, _Birch_, _De Rouget_, _Bunsen_, _etc._ In the gray twilight of history, the apparition that first distinctly presents itself is _Egypt_--that land of wonders, standing on the shores of the "venerable mother the Nile." The Egyptians already form a fully-elaborated, organic social structure, nay, a powerful nation, with a rich material and intellectual civilization, when as yet the commonly accepted chronology begins to write only rudimental numbers.