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 էջ |
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... enslaved population.f The African slave trade has given , and will give , the boon of existence to millions and millions in our country , who would otherwise never have enjoyed it , and the enjoyment of their existence is better ...
... enslaved population.f The African slave trade has given , and will give , the boon of existence to millions and millions in our country , who would otherwise never have enjoyed it , and the enjoyment of their existence is better ...
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... slave trade , practised hor- rible cruelties and inflicted much suffering - as no doubt they did , though these have been much exaggerated - for merely selfish purposes , and with no view to future good , they were morally most guilty ...
... slave trade , practised hor- rible cruelties and inflicted much suffering - as no doubt they did , though these have been much exaggerated - for merely selfish purposes , and with no view to future good , they were morally most guilty ...
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... slave trade . No speculation of future good to be brought about , could compensate the enormous amount of evil it occasioned . If we should refer to the common moral sense of mankind , as determined by their conduct in all ages and ...
... slave trade . No speculation of future good to be brought about , could compensate the enormous amount of evil it occasioned . If we should refer to the common moral sense of mankind , as determined by their conduct in all ages and ...
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... trade . In short , it is plain that in such such a state of society , the moral and intellectual faculties cannot be cultivated to their highest perfection . But whether that which I have described be the most desi- rable state of ...
... trade . In short , it is plain that in such such a state of society , the moral and intellectual faculties cannot be cultivated to their highest perfection . But whether that which I have described be the most desi- rable state of ...
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... slave trade . That is no longer a question . Doubtless great evils arise from it as it has been , and is now conducted unneces- sary wars and cruel kidnapping in Africa : the most shocking barbarities in the middle passage : and perhaps ...
... slave trade . That is no longer a question . Doubtless great evils arise from it as it has been , and is now conducted unneces- sary wars and cruel kidnapping in Africa : the most shocking barbarities in the middle passage : and perhaps ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 167 - There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven, o'er all the world beside...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...