[137] Brackett, op. cit., p. 20; Ballagh, op. cit., p. 36.
[138] Ballagh, op. cit., pp. 47 ff.
[139] Stephenson, "Race Distinction in American Law"; R. S. Baker, "Following the Color Line."
[140] Ritchie, "Natural Rights," p. 3; see also in this connection Jellinek, "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens," and Scherger, "The Evolution of Modern Liberty."
[141] Jellinek, "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen," p. 56.
[142] Jellinek, op. cit., p. 84.
[143] Jellinek, op. cit., pp. 88, 89.
[144] Moore, op. cit., pp. 2, 30.
[145] Ibid., p. 58.
[146] Cotton Mather, who sanctioned slavery, evidently had this in mind as the following observations show: "We know not when or how these Indians first became inhabitants of this mighty continent, yet we may guess that probably the devil decoyed these miserable savages hither, in hopes that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ would never come here to destroy or disturb his absolute empire over them." (Quoted by Moore, op. cit., p. 31.)