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" Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest character. Cruel and unnatural in its origin, no plea can be urged in justification of its continuance, but the plea of necessity... "
Letters to the Hon. William Jay: Being a Reply to His "Inquiry Into the ... - Page 52
by David Meredith Reese - 1835 - 120 pages
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The African Repository, Volume 3

African Americans - 1828 - 398 pages
...slaves, will furnish the only practicable means for their ultimate elevation to the rank of freemen. Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest...others of a more serious and destructive character. It was this which procured the recognition of slavery ' in the Constitution of our country; it is this...
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African Repository and Colonial Journal, Volume 5

Back to Africa movement - 1830 - 404 pages
...consideration. Their property and safety are both involved." — [Speech before Col. So. Wm. H. Fitzhugh, Esqr. "Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest...of necessity; not that necessity which arises from ,pur habits, our prejudices, or our wants; but the necessity which requires us to submit to existing...
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African Repository and Colonial Journal, Volume 5

African Americans - 1830 - 510 pages
...consideration. Their property and safety are both involved."— [Spetch before Coi So. Wm. H. filzhugh, Etqr. "Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest...origin, no plea can be urged in justification of its con•tiouan.ce but the plea of necessity; not that necessity which arises from .our habits, our prejudices,...
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Thoughts on African Colonization, Or, An Impartial Exhibition of the ...

William Lloyd Garrison - African Americans - 1832 - 250 pages
...emancipation,) it was a scheme of the slaveholder to perpetuate slavery.'— [Idem, vol. ii. pp. 12, 254, 336.] 'Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest...others of a more serious and destructive character. It was this which produced the recognition of slavery in the constitution of our country ; it is this...
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Thoughts on African Colonization, Or, An Impartial Exhibition of the ...

William Lloyd Garrison - History - 1832 - 268 pages
...to the slave, with as little criminality as the slave sustains his relation to the master.' * * * ' Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest...justification of its continuance but the plea of necessity.' — [Af. Rep. vol. v. pp. 329, 334.] ' How much more consistent and powerful would be our example,...
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Thoughts on African Colonization, Or, An Impartial Exhibition of the ...

William Lloyd Garrison - African Americans - 1832 - 278 pages
...to the slave, with as little criminality as the slave sustains his relation to the roaster.' * * * ' Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest...justification of its continuance but the plea of necessity.' — [Af. Rep. vol. v. pp. 329, 334.] ' How ranch more consistent and powerful would be our example,...
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Slavery in America: Or, An Inquiry Into the Character and Tendency of the ...

William Jay - Antislavery movements - 1835 - 230 pages
...Fitzhugh, another vice-president, the proprietor of " numerous slaves," speaking of slavery, remarked:— " No plea can be urged in justification of its continuance but the plea of necessity." Af. Rep. V. p. 354. The will of this gentleman, who died in 1830, is a singular comment on this plea...
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Yaradee: a Plea for Africa: In Familiar Conversations on the Subject of ...

Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1836 - 380 pages
...liberation of all his slaves, and by a liberal provision for them in Liberia, bears this testimony — " Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest...urged in justification of its continuance but the pica of necessity — the necessity which requires us to submit to existing evils, rather than substitute...
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A Plea for Africa: Being Familiar Conversations on the Subject of Slavery ...

Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1837 - 364 pages
...testimony — " Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest chaSouthern views. racter. Cruel and unnatural in its origin, no plea can be...justification of its continuance but the plea of necessity — the necessity which requires us to submit to existing evils, rather than substitute by their removal,...
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An Inquiry Into the Character and Tendency of the American Colonization and ...

William Jay - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 216 pages
...Fitzhugh, another Vice President, the proprietor of " numerous slaves," speaking of slavery, remarked : " No plea can be urged in justification of its continuance but the plea of necessity.''' Af. Rep. V. p. 354. The will of this gentleman, who died in 1830, is a singular comment on this plea...
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