 They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and SO far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was...  The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 276by Charles Sumner - 1874Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 802 pages
...either in social or political relations : so far inferior " — these clever magnates go on to say — "that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect" And yet the "Declaration of Independence" says, in good plain English, "We hold these truths to be self-evident... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1907 - 684 pages
...race, either in social or political relations ; and so far inferior that they had no rights which a white man was bound to respect, and that the negro...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit This opinion was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, which no one thought of disputing,... | |
 | United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; arid so far inferior, that they had no rights which the...white man was bound to respect; and that the negro roish: justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for Ms benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 688 pages
...order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and SO far inferior, that they had no rights which...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 260 pages
...order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations ; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 260 pages
...race, either in social or political relations ; and so far inferior, that they_had_noj'ight8 which the white, man was bound,. to respect; and that the...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect ; md that the negro might justly and lawfully >e reduced to slavery for his benefit.... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Law - 1858 - 678 pages
...order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Law - 1858 - 694 pages
...altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations ; and so fur inferior, that they had no rights which the white...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1858 - 638 pages
...They had for more than a century before been regarded as so far inferior as to have " no rights which the white man was bound to respect, and that the negro...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit," &c.; that up to t.ie time of the adoption of the Constitution this right had not been called in question,... | |
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