Slavery disregards the parental and filial relations—Facts—Slave-mother’s lamentpage 56
[CHAPTER V.]
SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
Slavery utterly impoverishes its victims—Exposes them to unbridled lust—unrestrained passion—irresponsible tyranny—Heart-rending incidents!page 64
[CHAPTER VI.]
SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
Severity of laws against slaves—partial—unreasonable and cruel—Practice worse than the laws—Burning of slaves—Horrible examplespage 80
[CHAPTER VII.]
SLAVERY AND RELIGION.
Curse of Canaan—Doubtful authority—Did not allude to slavery—A mere prediction at best—Africans not the descendants of Canaanpage 88
[CHAPTER VIII.]
SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
Patriarchal servitude and slavery—No patriarch ever owned a slave—Slavery had no existence in the time of the patriarchs—Diodorus, Athenæus and Rollin quoted—The Hebrew word SERVANT not equivalent to the English word SLAVE—Abraham’s servants converts from idolatrypage 94