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L.XVL—OF THOSE WHO ARE THE PROPERTY
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There is no doubt that in the gig-antic ...
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( 370 )
( 370 )
L.Xvl—Of Those Who Are The Property
L _. XVL—OF THOSE WHO ARE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERSAND OF THE GREAT POWER THAT HOLD , S OTHERS AS PROPERTY . * 4 ¦ . . . . ¦ . _- . _- ..
There Is No Doubt That In The Gig-Antic ...
There is no doubt that in the gig-antic war going on in the West , the sympathies of England en masse are for the South as against
the North . For this there are more reasons than one , but the principal reason isthat we imagine they have been oppressed
hy the North . Strangel , y enough , the people of England have , in their intense sympathy for the oppressed South , forgotten
almost that the South are systematically the greatest oppressors on the face of the whole world .
We will give a sketch of what slavery is in America , and then of what have been the actions of the slave-owners as a Power , that
this may be clearly demonstrated . Slavery existed in all ancient nations , and one of the great
differences between the ancient and modern world is this institution of slavery . " And when Abraham heard that his brother was
taken captive , he armed his trained servants , born in his own housethree hundred and eighteenand pursued them unto Dan . "
These , servants were slavesmost likel , y in a state of perpetual and , unconditional slavery . The slaves of the Hebrews were prisoners
taken in war , or kidnapped from neighbouring nations .. The story of Josephwho was sold by his brothers to Arabian merchants ,
and then sold , by them into Egypt , is an example . The laws of Moses were not rigorous , for slave laws—and there
were many ways allowed for a bondsman to redeem his liberty ( see Leviticus xxv . ) . Compared to the laws of the Southern States of
America , they were kind and considerate indeed . The Romans and the Greeks held slaves , called servi . In the
heroic times of Greece the slaves were absolute slaves , in the American sense of the word , but the bondsmen of the Doric States ,
who were principally employed in cultivating the soil , were not slaves but serfs ; they could not be separated from their families ,
and were , allowed to acquire property . The commercial States of Greece appear to have had an immense slave population , far
outnumbering the freemen . The Roman system of slaves was much lihter than that of the commercial States of Greeceuntil the later
ti mes of the Republic , when it became much more cruel , and hard . The Emperors made many efforts for the slaves , and the
Chris-* attempt The Sl to ave Power lain the , its real Character issues involved , Career , in and the Probable American Desi contest gns : . being By
J an . E . Cairnes 's College , exp M . Galway A ., Professor and late of Whatel Jurisprudence Professor and of Political Political Economy Economy in
in Queen the University , of Dublin , . London : Parker y , Son , & Bourn , West Strand *
1862 .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 370, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/10/
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