The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
by American Anti-Slavery Society
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- THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER Part 1 of 4
- THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836. NO. 1.
- THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER. VOL. I. SEPTEMBER 1836. No. 2. APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF THE SOUTH,
- THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER. * * * * * VOL. I. SEPTEMBER, 1836. No. 2. * * * * * APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF THE SOUTH,
- * * * * * THIRD EDITION. Price 6 1-4 cents single, 62 1-2 cents per dozen, $4 per hundred. No. 3. THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER. * * * * * LETTER OF GERRIT SMITH TO REV. JAMES SMYLIE, OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
- No. 4 THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER. THE BIBLE AGAINST SLAVERY. AN INQUIRY INTO THE PATRIARCHAL AND MOSAIC SYSTEMS ON THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, NO. 143 NASSAU STREET. 1837.
- CONTENTS.
- DEFINITION OF SLAVERY.
- IMPORT OF THE WORD "BUY," AND THE PHRASE "BOUGHT WITH MONEY."
- II.-THE LEADING DESIGN OF THE MOSAIC LAWS RELATING TO MASTERS AND SERVANTS, WITH AN ENUMERATION OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES SECURED TO SERVANTS.
- III.—DID PERSONS BECOME SERVANTS VOLUNTARILY, OR WERE THEY MADE SERVANTS AGAINST THEIR WILLS?
- IV. WERE THE SERVANTS FORCED TO WORK WITHOUT PAY?
- V.—WERE MASTERS THE PROPRIETORS OF SERVANTS AS THEIR LEGAL PROPERTY?
- OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED.
- No. 4. THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER. THE BIBLE AGAINST SLAVERY. AN INQUIRY INTO THE PATRIARCHAL AND MOSAIC SYSTEMS ON THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Third Edition—Revised.
- CONTENTS
- DEFINITION OF SLAVERY.
- IMPORT OF "BUY," AND "BOUGHT WITH MONEY."
- V.—WERE MASTERS THE PROPRIETORS OF SERVANTS AS LEGAL PROPERTY?
- OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED.
- THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER NO 4. THE BIBLE AGAINST SLAVERY. AN INQUIRY INTO THE PATRIARCHAL AND MOSAIC SYSTEMS ON THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Fourth Edition—Enlarged.
- CONTENTS.
- DEFINITION OF SLAVERY.
- THE MORAL LAW AGAINST SLAVERY.
- MANSTEALING—EXAMINATION OF EX. XXI. 16.
- IMPORT OF "BUY," AND "BOUGHT WITH MONEY."
- I. THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF SERVANTS.
- II. WERE PERSONS MADE SERVANTS AGAINST THEIR WILLS?
- III. WERE SERVANTS FORCED TO WORK WITHOUT PAY
- IV.—WERE MASTERS THE PROPRIETORS OF SERVANTS AS LEGAL PROPERTY?
- OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED.
- OBJECTION III. "Both thy bondmen and bondmaids which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land, and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever." Lev. xxv. 44-46.
- OBJECTION IV. "If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a BOND-SERVANT but as an HIRED-SERVANT, and as a sojourner shall he be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee." Lev. xxv. 39, 40.
- NO. 5. THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER. THE POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
- POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
- STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION AT ISSUE.
- THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN, TILL RECENTLY, UNIVERSALLY CONCEDED.
- OBJECTIONS TO THE FOREGOING CONCLUSIONS CONSIDERED.
- POSTSCRIPT
- THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER No. 5 * * * * * THE POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
- POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
- IS THE LAW-MAKING POWER COMPETENT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY WHEN NOT RESTRICTED IN THAT PARTICULAR BY CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS—or, IS THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE SPHERE OF LEGISLATION?
- II. THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN, TILL RECENTLY, UNIVERSALLY CONCEDED.
- OBJECTIONS TO THE FOREGOING CONCLUSIONS CONSIDERED.
- POSTSCRIPT
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