The Pro-Slavery Argument; As Maintained by the Most Distinguished Writers of the Southern States, Containing the Several Essays, on the Subject, of ChScholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1852 - 496 pages |
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... regions . They see the enormous inequality which exists , and feel their own misery , and can hardly conceive otherwise , than that there is some injustice in the institutions of society to occasion these . They regard the ✓ apparently ...
... regions . They see the enormous inequality which exists , and feel their own misery , and can hardly conceive otherwise , than that there is some injustice in the institutions of society to occasion these . They regard the ✓ apparently ...
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... regions , to the American continent and islands ? There , three - fourths of the race are in a state of the most de- plorable personal Slavery . And those who are not , are in a scarcely less deplorable condition of political Slavery ...
... regions , to the American continent and islands ? There , three - fourths of the race are in a state of the most de- plorable personal Slavery . And those who are not , are in a scarcely less deplorable condition of political Slavery ...
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... regions almost spontaneously— under the influence of the sun , and the means of supporting life are obtained with but slight exertion ; and men will use no greater exertion than is necessary to the purpose . This very luxuriance of ...
... regions almost spontaneously— under the influence of the sun , and the means of supporting life are obtained with but slight exertion ; and men will use no greater exertion than is necessary to the purpose . This very luxuriance of ...
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... and cohorts , turms of horse and wings : Or embassies from regions far remote , In various habits , on the Appian road , * Johnson on Change of Air . Or on th ' Emilian ; some from farthest South HARPER'S MEMOIR ON SLAVERY . 69.
... and cohorts , turms of horse and wings : Or embassies from regions far remote , In various habits , on the Appian road , * Johnson on Change of Air . Or on th ' Emilian ; some from farthest South HARPER'S MEMOIR ON SLAVERY . 69.
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... regions bordering the Mediterranean , which once comprehended the civilization of the world , where Carthage , Tyre , and Phoenicia flourished . In short , the un- contradicted experience of the world is , that in the Southern States ...
... regions bordering the Mediterranean , which once comprehended the civilization of the world , where Carthage , Tyre , and Phoenicia flourished . In short , the un- contradicted experience of the world is , that in the Southern States ...
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Page 156 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession.
Page 105 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Page 156 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 167 - There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven, o'er all the world beside...
Page 107 - Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Page 413 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 158 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 455 - The parent storms ; the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Page 436 - But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Page 459 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence...