| William Jay - Antislavery movements - 1835 - 234 pages
...its character, and even more demoralizing in its influence.—These people are without their consent torn from their homes; husband and wife are frequently separated and sold into distant parts—children are taken from their parents without regard to the ties of nature, and the most endearing... | |
| William Jay - Antislavery movements - 1840 - 216 pages
...character, and even more demoralizing in its influence. — These people are without their consent torn from their homes ; husband and wife are frequently...is this traffic confined to those who are legally slave* for life. Some who are entitled to freedom, and many who have a limited time to serve, are sold... | |
| William Jay - Slavery - 1853 - 684 pages
...its character, and even more demoralizing in its influence. These people arc without their consent torn from their homes ; husband and wife are frequently...sold into distant parts ; children are taken from tneir parents without regard to the ties of nature, and the most endearing bonds of affection are broken... | |
| Andrew White Young - Constitutional history - 1855 - 1032 pages
...slave trade, which is declared piracy, and punishable with death. " Husbands and wives are separated ; children are taken from their parents without regard...and the most endearing bonds of affection are broken for ever." It was mentioned also as a special grievance, that " some who were entitled to freedom,... | |
| William O. Blake - Slave trade - 1857 - 934 pages
...slave-trade, which is declared piracy, and punishable with death. " Husbands and wives are separated ; children are taken from their parents without regard to the ties of nature, and tiie most enJo nf „«•„„. !. advertised ; and no one appearing to claim him, he was sold for... | |
| William D. Jones - United States - 1864 - 276 pages
...slave trade which is declared piracy, and punishable with death. " Husbands and wives are separated ; children are taken from their parents without regard...endearing bonds of affection are broken forever." A stronger an^ ti-slavery document has not, in later times, been presented to Congress. It did not,... | |
| Brenda E. Stevenson - Social Science - 1997 - 490 pages
...own home county due to the interstate slave trade, noting: "These people are without their consent torn from their homes, husband and wife are frequently...and the most endearing bonds of affection are broken forever."56 This kind of separation had extreme impact on slaves of all generations and was expressed... | |
| United States - 1828 - 448 pages
...from their homes; husband and wife «re frequently separated, and sold into distant parts; childivi* are taken from their parents, without regard to the ties of nature; and thft mijst endearing bonds of affection are brokefi forever. Nor is this traffic confined to those... | |
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