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Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves,
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls read more
And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves,
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master
who should be slave.
[Lat., Fit in read more
He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master
who should be slave.
[Lat., Fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus.]
The very mudsills of society. . . . We call them
slaves. . . . But I will not read more
The very mudsills of society. . . . We call them
slaves. . . . But I will not characterize that class at the North
with that term; but you have it. It is there, it is everywhere,
it is eternal.
I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,
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I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,
And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth
That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Execrable son! so to aspire
Above his brethren, to himself assuming
Authority usurp'd, from God not given.
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Execrable son! so to aspire
Above his brethren, to himself assuming
Authority usurp'd, from God not given.
He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl,
Dominion absolute; that right we hold
By his donation; but man over men
He made not lord; such title to himself
Reserving, human left from human free.
No more slave States and no more slave territory.
- Salmon Portland Chase,
No more slave States and no more slave territory.
- Salmon Portland Chase,
If any man ascribes anything of salvation, even the very least thing, to the free will of man, he knows read more
If any man ascribes anything of salvation, even the very least thing, to the free will of man, he knows nothing of grace, and he has not learned Jesus Christ rightly
Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air
of England is too pure to be breathed by read more
Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air
of England is too pure to be breathed by a slave.