The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade: Ancient and Modern; the Forms of Slavery that Prevailed in Ancient Nations, Particularly in Greece and Rome, the African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States. Compiled from Authentic Materials, by W. O. Blake |
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... principles of mutual obligation , and the worth of the individual , were beyond the compre- hension of the states of antiquity , but are now at the basis of morals , politics , ' and religion . " HISTORY OF SLAVERY . CHAPTER I ...
... principles of mutual obligation , and the worth of the individual , were beyond the compre- hension of the states of antiquity , but are now at the basis of morals , politics , ' and religion . " HISTORY OF SLAVERY . CHAPTER I ...
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... principles of morality . Many anecdotes , however , related of this singular person , are mere fictions . On a voyage to Egina , he fell into the hands of pirates , who sold him as a slave to the Corinthian Xeniades in Crete . The ...
... principles of morality . Many anecdotes , however , related of this singular person , are mere fictions . On a voyage to Egina , he fell into the hands of pirates , who sold him as a slave to the Corinthian Xeniades in Crete . The ...
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... principles ! We preach up human- ity , and yet go every year to bind in chains twenty thousand natives of Africa ! We call the Moors barbarians and ruffians , because they attack the liberty of Europeans at the risk of their own ; yet ...
... principles ! We preach up human- ity , and yet go every year to bind in chains twenty thousand natives of Africa ! We call the Moors barbarians and ruffians , because they attack the liberty of Europeans at the risk of their own ; yet ...
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... principles of humanity and justice , as by the cruel treat- ment of this oppressed race to fill their minds with prejudices against the mild and benificent doctrines of the Gospel . " Under the countenance of the laws of this country ...
... principles of humanity and justice , as by the cruel treat- ment of this oppressed race to fill their minds with prejudices against the mild and benificent doctrines of the Gospel . " Under the countenance of the laws of this country ...
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... principles of William Penn , and followed him into Penn- sylvania , urged in the yearly meeting of the society there , the inconsistency of buying , selling , and holding men in slavery , with the principles of the Christian religion ...
... principles of William Penn , and followed him into Penn- sylvania , urged in the yearly meeting of the society there , the inconsistency of buying , selling , and holding men in slavery , with the principles of the Christian religion ...
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