Picture of Slavery in the United States of AmericaE. Hunt, 1834 - 227 էջ |
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... purchase of those who steal , hundreds of men and women , he not only escapes with impunity , but grows great by this unnatural commerce ! According to the law of God , whoever stole cattle restored four or five fold ; whoever stole one ...
... purchase of those who steal , hundreds of men and women , he not only escapes with impunity , but grows great by this unnatural commerce ! According to the law of God , whoever stole cattle restored four or five fold ; whoever stole one ...
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... purchased from another ; but if it could be manifested , that such a person was detained by him contrary to the law of God , no alternative existed , death was his imme- diate portion . The principles of moral right and wrong are ...
... purchased from another ; but if it could be manifested , that such a person was detained by him contrary to the law of God , no alternative existed , death was his imme- diate portion . The principles of moral right and wrong are ...
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... purchase of Messiah's blood ! Rulers of the church making merchandise of their brethren's souls ! —and Christians ... purchased , of right belong to him ; and that he violates no rule of equity , no moral principle , and no Christian ...
... purchase of Messiah's blood ! Rulers of the church making merchandise of their brethren's souls ! —and Christians ... purchased , of right belong to him ; and that he violates no rule of equity , no moral principle , and no Christian ...
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... purchase could ever be honestly made of a rational be- ing ; and of course , he never could be even claimed , much less stolen and transferred , without the highest degree of iniquity for no terrestrial power can possibly legalize that ...
... purchase could ever be honestly made of a rational be- ing ; and of course , he never could be even claimed , much less stolen and transferred , without the highest degree of iniquity for no terrestrial power can possibly legalize that ...
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... purchase , sale and transfer of me , as if I were a horse or an ox merely for labour , while I am not treated with as much care and kindness as that to which those beasts are accustomed , is the very quint- essence of all infernal ...
... purchase , sale and transfer of me , as if I were a horse or an ox merely for labour , while I am not treated with as much care and kindness as that to which those beasts are accustomed , is the very quint- essence of all infernal ...
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Էջ 46 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Էջ 21 - We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Էջ 22 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Էջ 73 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Էջ 17 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Էջ 48 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
Էջ 82 - There is a law above all the enactments of human codes— the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was...
Էջ 195 - There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.
Էջ 62 - This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
Էջ 13 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness ; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself.