Lectures on Slavery, and Its Remedy |
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... Slavery , begins by saying , In all my intercourse with the South , I have rather avoided than invited discussion on the subject of slavery , because the intrinsic difficulties of the subject are great , and because the interference of ...
... Slavery , begins by saying , In all my intercourse with the South , I have rather avoided than invited discussion on the subject of slavery , because the intrinsic difficulties of the subject are great , and because the interference of ...
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... slavery . The question is not a question of of treatment , one way or the other , kind or cruel . It is a question of principle . What if many masters do treat their slaves kindly ? That is not the question . Do they not treat their ...
... slavery . The question is not a question of of treatment , one way or the other , kind or cruel . It is a question of principle . What if many masters do treat their slaves kindly ? That is not the question . Do they not treat their ...
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... slavery , but is its all - pervading and sustaining principle ; so that the en- tire system of slavery is but the developement , the act- ing out of this one principle . Examine the statute book of slavery , and what find you there ? A ...
... slavery , but is its all - pervading and sustaining principle ; so that the en- tire system of slavery is but the developement , the act- ing out of this one principle . Examine the statute book of slavery , and what find you there ? A ...
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... slavery ? Not at all . The thing itself lies further back . This whole system of legal oppression is simply slavery developed . It is slavery acted out in the statute book . It is the one principle , that in some cases it is lawful to ...
... slavery ? Not at all . The thing itself lies further back . This whole system of legal oppression is simply slavery developed . It is slavery acted out in the statute book . It is the one principle , that in some cases it is lawful to ...
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... slavery , or DETAIN- ING them in it . Hominum fures , qui servos vel liberos abducunt , retinent , vendunt , vel emunt . Stealers of men are all those who bring off slaves or freemen , and KEEP , SELL , or BUY them . To steal a man ...
... slavery , or DETAIN- ING them in it . Hominum fures , qui servos vel liberos abducunt , retinent , vendunt , vel emunt . Stealers of men are all those who bring off slaves or freemen , and KEEP , SELL , or BUY them . To steal a man ...
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Page 215 - Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
Page 36 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 213 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 189 - Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
Page 130 - That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 25 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
Page 41 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 75 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 59 - What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 130 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.