Excerpt from An Appeal for Discussion and Action on the Slavery Question I. Ownership IN human BE ings is the characteristic fea ture of slavery, the distinctive trait found in this relation, and found in no other. T o sustain and enforce the claim of such ownership, the article of human property, like other property, must be completely at the control of the proprietor. Distinct and independent Will, Feelings, Rights, Interests, Affections, Free-agency of its own, would damage the article and the first stroke of the system ...
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Excerpt from An Appeal for Discussion and Action on the Slavery Question I. Ownership IN human BE ings is the characteristic fea ture of slavery, the distinctive trait found in this relation, and found in no other. T o sustain and enforce the claim of such ownership, the article of human property, like other property, must be completely at the control of the proprietor. Distinct and independent Will, Feelings, Rights, Interests, Affections, Free-agency of its own, would damage the article and the first stroke of the system in annihilating these and subjecting the slave to the irresponsible will of another, covers the entire area of crime and wo ever traversed by the system in its de tails. To realize the essential idea of slavery, and make man available property, these must inevitably be stricken down, and the slave be made, in body and spirit, an appurtenance of the master. Inevitab - for admit the possession and exer cise of one proper right by the slave, and the whole arch is unlocked and crumbles. Gather around the slave all that the specious humanity of the master ever yields him view him as nominally a party in the marriage relation, a parent, a child, or the apparent owner of somewhat and, after all, what are these but the mock relations of a (hing, to be abro gated at its proprietor's pleasure 5' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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