Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery (Classic Reprint) written by William Jay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-22 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery ON the 1st of January, 1835, there were in the United States, slaves.' This number about equals the population of Holland. And exceeds that Of Scotland, of the Danish domimons, Of the Swiss Confederation, and Of various Republics in South America. These millions of human beings are held as chattels by a people pro fessing to acknowledge, that all men are created equal, and endowed with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the, pursuit of happiness they are. Moreover, kept in ignorance, and com ciled to ive without God, and to die Without hope, by a people professing to reverence the obligations of Christianity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.