Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, VirginiaA. T. Skillman, 1833 - 207 páginas |
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... crime of England in thus oppressing , must have been still more plain , and the clergy were justified by Scripture in warn- ing her of her sin . Now , in the case of personal slavery , which is much worse than political , I claim for ...
... crime of England in thus oppressing , must have been still more plain , and the clergy were justified by Scripture in warn- ing her of her sin . Now , in the case of personal slavery , which is much worse than political , I claim for ...
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... crime . 4. Prisoners taken in wars mostly waged for the purpose of procuring them for the slave - traders . 5. Those born slaves . 6. Those who had lost their liberty by gambling . 7. Sold for debt . None of these could be a just cause ...
... crime . 4. Prisoners taken in wars mostly waged for the purpose of procuring them for the slave - traders . 5. Those born slaves . 6. Those who had lost their liberty by gambling . 7. Sold for debt . None of these could be a just cause ...
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... crime - for suspected crime - for pretended crime ; and often a whole family was sold for the pretended crime of one of its members . The spirit of retaliation between tribes , and jealousy and revenge among families of the same tribe ...
... crime - for suspected crime - for pretended crime ; and often a whole family was sold for the pretended crime of one of its members . The spirit of retaliation between tribes , and jealousy and revenge among families of the same tribe ...
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... crime , ought not to have been placed on a worse footing . Monstrous as were the crimes of the trader , who kidnapped them , or obtained them by means not more fair ; they were hardly more un- just than the conduct of those who degraded ...
... crime , ought not to have been placed on a worse footing . Monstrous as were the crimes of the trader , who kidnapped them , or obtained them by means not more fair ; they were hardly more un- just than the conduct of those who degraded ...
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... crimes for which the white man suffers death , with those for which the slave , and for the most part the free coloured person , suffers it ; for it is a singular fact , that the laws which ascertain and fix the relation of the slave to ...
... crimes for which the white man suffers death , with those for which the slave , and for the most part the free coloured person , suffers it ; for it is a singular fact , that the laws which ascertain and fix the relation of the slave to ...
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Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, Virginia John D. Paxton Vista completa - 1833 |
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Pasajes populares
Página 53 - 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.
Página 74 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Página 69 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Página 99 - And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows...
Página 73 - For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward...
Página 106 - Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Página 75 - If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Página 112 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of My 'wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Página 69 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Página 111 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
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