[590] Mr. Motley, "Rise of Dutch Republic," vol. i. p. 151, says that in the sixteenth century, in wars between European states, the captor had a property in his prisoner, which was assignable.
[591] Law of Fiefdom and Bondage, vol. i. p. 158.
[592] Mr. Hurd says, "In ascribing slavery to the law of nations it is a very common error to use that term not in the sense of universal jurisprudence—the Roman jus gentium-but in the modern sense of public international law, and to give the custom of enslaving prisoners of war, in illustration: as if the legal condition of other slaves who had never been taken in war were not equally jure gentium according to the Roman jurisprudence" See Mr. Webster's speech, 7th March, 1830; Works, vol. v. p. 329.
[593] Dawson's Stony Point, pp. 111, 118.
[594] Dr. Moore thinks this the wrong name. The resolve proves it.
[595] House Journal, p. 60.
[596] Ibid, pp. 63, 64.
[597] Resolves, p. 51.
[598] Mass. Archives, vol. cli., pp. 202-294.
[599] The indefatigable Dr. George H. Moore copied the letter from the original manuscript. The portions in Italics are in the handwriting of Hancock. I have been placed under many obligations to my friend Dr. Moore.