Liberty Or Slavery; the Great National Question: Three Prize Essays on American Slavery ...Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1857 - 148 páginas |
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Pasajes populares
Página 108 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Página 3 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 5 - IN the beginning of the world, we are informed by holy writ, the all-bountiful creator gave to man " dominion over " all the earth ; and over the fish of the sea, and over the " fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth
Página 83 - We consider the voluntary enslaving of one part of the human race by another as a gross violation of the most precious and sacred rights of human nature, as utterly inconsistent with the law of God, which requires us to love our neighbor as ourselves, and as totally irreconcilable with the spirit and principles of the gospel of Christ, which enjoin that "all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.
Página 61 - Slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed, and adjudged in law to be chattels personal in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators and assigns, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever.
Página 61 - A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor. He can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything but what must belong to his master.
Página 115 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Página 115 - He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things: " and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to " dwell on all the face of the earth ; that they should seek
Página 106 - 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.
Página 3 - The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S : but the earth hath he given to the children of men.