AVENIA:

OR,

A TRAGICAL POEM,

ON THE

OPPRESSION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES,

AND

INFRINGEMENT

ON THE

RIGHTS OF MAN.

IN SIX BOOKS,

WITH NOTES EXPLANATORY AND MISCELLANEOUS.

WRITTEN IN IMITATION OF HOMER'S ILIAD.

BY THOMAS BRANAGAN,

AUTHOR OF A PRELIMINARY ESSAY ON SLAVERY.

"Proud Nimrod first the bloody chace began,
"A mighty hunter, and his prey was man."....POPE.

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