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The Anti-Slavery Examiner.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836. NO. 1.TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES; OR, TO SUCH AMERICANS AS VALUE THEIR RIGHTS, AND DARE TO MAINTAIN THEM.FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!A crisis has arrived, in which rights the m
- 1 The Anti-Slavery Examiner.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836. NO. 1.TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES; OR, TO SUCH AMERICANS AS VALUE THEIR RIGHTS, AND DARE TO MAINTAIN THEM.FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!A crisis has arrived, in which rights the m
- 2 But after all, it may be said, our fathers were certainly mistaken, for the Bible sanctions Slavery, and that is the highest authority. Now the Bible is my ultimate appeal in all matters of faith and practice, and it is to _this test_ I am anxious to brin
- 3 ED.]3. The slave being considered a personal chattel may be sold or pledged, or leased at the will of his master. He may be exchanged for marketable commodities, or taken in execution for the debts or taxes either of a living or dead master. Sold at aucti
- 4 But why, my dear friends, have I thus been endeavoring to lead you through the history of more than three thousand years, and to point you to that great cloud of witnesses who have gone before, "from works to rewards?" Have I been seeking to mag
- 5 TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF THE SOUTH, BY A.E. GRIMKe REVISED AND CORRECTED."Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not within thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy p
- 6 But I pa.s.s on now to the consideration of how the _female_ Jewish servants were protected by _law_.1. If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto another nation he shall have no po
- 7 "Will _you_ behold unheeding, Life's holiest feelings crushed, Where _woman's_ heart is bleeding, Shall _woman's_ voice be hushed?"4. Act on this subject. Some of you _own_ slaves yourselves. If you believe slavery is _sinful_, se
- 8 And why not try it in the Southern States, if it _never_ has occasioned rebellion; if _not a drop of blood_ has ever been shed in consequence of it, though it has been so often tried, why should we suppose it would produce such disastrous consequences now
- 9 Professor Hodge tells his readers, in substance, that the selling of men, as they are sold under the system of slavery, is to be cla.s.sed with the cessions of territory, occasionally made by one sovereign to another; and he would have the slave, who is s
- 10 I observe that Professor Hodge agrees with you, that if slavery is sin, it would have been specifically attacked by the Apostles at any hazard to their lives. This is his conclusion, because they did not hesitate to specify and rebuke idolatry. Here is an
- 11 In the case before us, we see how differently different persons are affected by the same fact. Whilst the stand taken against slavery by Wesley, Edwards, and the other choice spirits you enumerate, serves but to inspire you with concern for its safety, it
- 12 A treaty between Great Britain and Turkey, by the terms of which the latter should be prohibited from allowing slaves to be brought within her dominions, after twenty years from its date, would, all will admit, redound greatly to the credit of Great Brita
- 13 OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED."Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be," etc. Gen.ix. 25 "For he is his money," Examination of, Ex. xxi. 20, 21 "Bondmen and bondmaids" bought of the heathen. Lev. xxv. 44-46 "They sha
- 14 16. G.o.d's cherubim and flaming sword guarding the entrance to the Mosaic system! See also Deut. xxiv. 7[A].[Footnote A: Jarchi, the most eminent of the Jewish writers, (if we except perhaps the Egyptian Maimonides,) who wrote seven hundred years ag
- 15 The general object of those statutes, which prescribed the relations of master and servant, was the good of both parties--but more especially the good of the _servants_. While the interests of the master were specially guarded from injury, those of the se
- 16 5. _We infer the voluntariness of the servants of the Patriarchs from the impossibility of their being held against their wills._ The servants of Abraham are an ill.u.s.tration. At one time he had three hundred and eighteen _young men_ "born in his h
- 17 V.--WERE MASTERS THE PROPRIETORS OF SERVANTS AS THEIR LEGAL PROPERTY?The discussion of this topic has been already somewhat antic.i.p.ated under the preceding heads; but a variety of considerations, not within the range of our previous inquiries, remain t
- 18 (6.) _They seem to have had in a considerable measure, the disposal of their own time_,--Ex. xxiii. 4, and iii. 16, 18, and xii. 6, and ii. 9, and iv. 27, 29-31. Also to have practised the fine arts. Ex. x.x.xii. 4, and x.x.xv. 32-35.(7.) _They were all a
- 19 "_He that killeth_ ANY _man_ shall surely be put to death." Also Numbers x.x.xv. 30, 31. "_Whoso killeth_ ANY _person_, the murderer shall be put to death. _Moreover ye shall take_ NO SATISFACTION _for the life of a murderer which is guilty
- 20 The inferior condition of _hired_ servants, is ill.u.s.trated in the parable of the prodigal son. When the prodigal, peris.h.i.+ng with hunger among the swine and husks, came to himself, his proud heart broke; "I will arise," he cried, "and
- 21 Alas! for the honor of Deity, if commentators had not manned the forlorn hope, and rushed to the rescue of the Divine character at the very crisis of its fate, and, by a timely movement, covered its retreat from the perilous position in which inspiration
- 22 CONTENTS DEFINITION OF SLAVERY, Negative, Affirmative, Legal, THE MORAL LAW AGAINST SLAVERY "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not covet," MAN-STEALING--EXAMINATION OF EX. xxi. 16, Separation of man from brutes and things, IMPORT OF &
- 23 EXAMINATION OF EX. xxi. 2-6.--"IF THOU BUY AN HEBREW SERVANT,"THE CANAANITES NOT SENTENCED TO UNCONDITIONAL EXTERMINATION, THE BIBLE AGAINST SLAVERY.The spirit of slavery never seeks shelter in the Bible, of its own accord. It grasps the horns o
- 24 [Footnote A: Those who insist that the patriarchs held slaves, and sit with such delight under their shadow, hymning the praises of "those good old patriarchs and slaveholders," might at small cost greatly augment their numbers. A single stanza
- 25 We argue that they became servants _of their own accord_.I. Because to become a servant in the family of an Israelite, was to abjure idolatry, to enter into covenant with G.o.d[A], be circ.u.mcised in token of it, bound to keep the Sabbath, the Pa.s.sover
- 26 G.o.d here testifies that Abraham taught his servants "the way of the Lord." What was the "way of the Lord" respecting the payment of wages where service was rendered? "Wo unto him that useth his neighbor's service WITHOUT WA
- 27 The _buying_ of servants was discussed, pp. 17-22, and holding them as a "possession." pp. 37-46. We will now ascertain what sanction to slavery is derivable from the terms "bondmen," "inheritance," and "forever."1.
- 28 "consume," "utterly overthrow," "put out," "dispossess them," &c. Did these commands enjoin the unconditional and universal destruction of the _inhabitants_ or merely of the _body politic?_ The word _haram_, to dest
- 29 IMPORT OF "BUY" AND "BOUGHT WITH MONEY," SERVANTS SOLD THEMSELVES, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES SECURED BY LAW TO SERVANTS, SERVANTS WERE VOLUNTARY, RUNAWAY SERVANTS NOT TO BE DELIVERED TO THEIR MASTERS, SERVANTS WERE PAID WAGES, MASTERS NOT
- 30 The spirit of slavery never seeks refuge in the Bible of its own accord.The horns of the altar are its last resort--seized only in desperation, as it rushes from the terror of the avenger's arm. Like other unclean spirits, it "hateth the light,
- 31 Finally, by originally vesting _all_ men with dominion or owners.h.i.+p over property, G.o.d proclaimed the _right of all_ to exercise it, and p.r.o.nounced every man who takes it away a robber of the highest grade.Such is every slaveholder.]In further pr
- 32 These two feasts would consume not less than sixty-five days not reckoned above.Thus it appears that those who continued servants during the period between the jubilees, were by law released from their labor, TWENTY-THREE YEARS AND SIXTY-FOUR DAYS, OUT OF
- 33 xxii. 3. But _masters_ seem to have had no power to sell their _servants_. To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right t
- 34 V. ALL WERE REQUIRED TO PRESENT OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES. Deut. xvi. 16, 17; 2 Chron. xv. 9-11; Numb. ix. 13, 14. Beside this, "every man" from twenty years old and above, was required to pay a tax of half a shekel at the taking of the census; t
- 35 President Edwards, the younger, in a sermon preached half a century ago, at New Haven, Conn., says, speaking of the allowance of food given to slaves--"They are supplied with barely enough to keep them from starving."In the debate on the Missour
- 36 xxi. 18, 19, are some of the cases stated, with tests furnished the judges by which to detect _the intent_, in actions brought before them.Their ignorance of judicial proceedings, laws of evidence, &c., made such instructions necessary. The detail gone in
- 37 Israelites and Strangers belonged indiscriminately to _each_ cla.s.s of the servants, the _bought_ and the _hired_. That those in the former cla.s.s, whether Jews or Strangers, rose to honors and authority in the family circle, which were not conferred on
- 38 THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER.THE POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.REPRINTED FROM THE NEW-YORK EVENING POST, WITH ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR.NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, NO. 143 Na.s.sAU-STREET.1838.This periodical con
- 39 [Footnote A: Law of North Carolina, Haywood's Manual, 524-5.][Footnote B: Law of Louisiana, Martin's Digest, 610.]The law of Louisiana makes slaves real estate, prohibiting the holder, if he be also a _land_ holder, to separate them from the soi
- 40 The Ohio and Indiana resolutions, by taking for granted the _general_ power of Congress over the subject of slavery, do virtually a.s.sert its _special_ power within its _exclusive_ jurisdiction.5. The power of Congress to abolish slavery in the District,
- 41 21.) In the preamble to the act prohibiting the importation of slaves into Rhode Island, June 1774, is the following: "Whereas, the inhabitants of America are generally engaged in the preservation of their own rights and liberties, among which that o
- 42 The celebrated William Pinkney, in a speech before the Maryland House of Delegates, in 1789, on the emanc.i.p.ation of slaves, said, "Sir, by the eternal principles of natural justice, _no master in the state has a right to hold his slave in bondage
- 43 "Resolved, That when the District of Columbia was ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, domestic slavery existed in both of these states, including the ceded territory, and that, as it still continues in both of them, it
- 44 ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER No. 5 THE POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NEW-YORK EVENING POST, UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF "WYTHE."WITH ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR.NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIE
- 45 The Const.i.tution of Mississippi gives the General a.s.sembly power to make laws "to oblige the owners of slaves to _treat them with humanity_." The Const.i.tution of Missouri has the same clause, and an additional one making it the DUTY of the
- 46 Fifty years after the formation of the United States' const.i.tution the states are solemnly called upon by the Virginia Legislature, to amend that instrument by a clause a.s.serting that, in the grant to Congress of "exclusive legislation in al
- 47 October 20, 1774, the Continental Congress pa.s.sed the following: "We, for ourselves and the inhabitants of the several colonies whom we represent, _firmly agree and a.s.sociate under the sacred ties of virtue, honor, and love of our country_, as fo
- 48 The celebrated William Pinkney, in a speech before the Maryland House of Delegates, in 1789, on the emanc.i.p.ation of slaves, said, "Sir, by the eternal principles of natural justice, _no master in the state has a right to hold his slave in bondage
- 49 "Resolved, That when the District of Columbia was ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, domestic slavery existed in both of these states, including the ceded territory, and that, as it still continues in both of them, it
- 50 The Anti-Slavery Examiner.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL 2.POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.A civilized community presupposes a government of law. If that government be a republic, its citizens are the sole _sources_, as well as the _
- 51 This specification touching the soil was merely definitive and explanatory of that clause in the act of cession, "_full and absolute right_." Instead of restraining the power of Congress on _slavery_ and other subjects, it even gives it freer co
- 52 In the debate, at the same session, May 13th, 1789, on the pet.i.tion of the society of Friends respecting the slave trade, Mr. Parker, of Virginia, said, "He hoped Congress would do all that lay in their power _to restore to human nature its inheren
- 53 To abolish slavery, is to take from no rightful owner his property; but to "establish justice" between two parties. To emanc.i.p.ate the slave, is to "establish justice" between him and his master--to throw around the person, character
- 54 Have the free States bound themselves by an oath never to profit by the lessons of experience? If lost to reason, are they dead to _instinct_ also? Can nothing rouse them to cast about for self preservation? And shall a life of tame surrenders be terminat
- 55 When sufficient time has elapsed for doing this, the hound is put upon his track. The blacks are compelled to worry them until they make them their implacable enemies: and it is common to meet with dogs which will take no notice of whites, though entire s
- 56 In February Mrs. Larrimore also died. The administrators upon the estate were John Green, Esq., and Benjamin Temple.My young mistresses, Jane and Elizabeth, were very kind to the servants.They seemed to feel under obligations to afford them every comfort
- 57 About the first of September, the overseer had one of his drunken fits.He made the house literally an earthly h.e.l.l. He urged me to drink, quarrelled and swore at me for declining, and chased the old woman round the house, with his bottle of peach brand
- 58 Hitherto I had lived mainly upon peaches, which were plenty on almost all the plantations in Alabama and Georgia; but the season was now too far advanced for them, and I was obliged to resort to apples. These I obtained without much difficulty until withi
- 59 INTRODUCTION.It is hardly possible that the success of British West India Emanc.i.p.ation should be more conclusively proved, than it has been by the absence among us of the exultation which awaited its failure. So many thousands of the citizens of the Un
- 60 The morning of our first Sabbath in Antigua came with that hushed stillness which marks the Sabbath dawn in the retired villages of New England. The arrangements of the family were conducted with a studied silence that indicated habitual respect for the L
- 61 During the reign of slavery, the Christmas holidays brought with them general alarm. To prevent insurrections, the militia was uniformly called out, and an array made of all that was formidable in military enginery. This custom was dispensed with at once,
- 62 This society was organized in 1815. The _first proposal_ came from a few _little colored girls_, who, after hearing a sermon on the blessedness of doing good, wanted to know whether they might not have a society for raising money to give to the poor.This
- 63 VISIT TO MR. CRANSTOUN'S.On the following morning Mr. C.'s gig came for us, and we drove out to his residence. We were met at the door by the American Consul, who breakfasted with us. When he had taken leave, Mr. C. proposed that we should go over his g
- 64 He said he had at different periods been stationed in Antigua, Anguilla, Tortola, and some other islands. He said that the negroes in the other islands in which he had preached, were as intelligent as those in Antigua, and in every respect as well prepare
- 65 RELIGION.There are three denominations of Christians in Antigua: the Established Church; the Moravians, and Wesleyans. The Moravians number fifteen thousand--almost exclusively negroes. The Wesleyans embrace three thousand members, and about as many more
- 66 The societies connected with the Moravian church, have more than doubled, both in members and funds, since emanc.i.p.ation. The funds now amount to $10,000 per year.The Wesleyans have four Friendly societies. The largest society, which contained six hundr
- 67 Yes, except the children in St. John's, most of whom were free before.5. Are the teachers negroes, colored, or white?One white, four colored, and sixteen black.[A][Footnote A: This number includes only salaried teachers, and not the gratuitous.]6. How ma
- 68 4th. Parents have the entire control of their children. The planter cannot in any way interfere with them. The parents have the whole charge of their support.5th. By an express provision of the legislature, it was made obligatory upon every planter to sup
- 69 [Footnote A: We were informed by a merchant of St. John's, that several American vessels which had lain for weeks in the harbor, weighed anchor on the 31st of July, and made their escape, through actual fear, that the island would be destroyed on the fol
- 70 _David Cranstoun, Esq._ Extract of a letter from a merchant of St. John's who has resided in Antigua more than thirty years: "There is no sense of personal danger arising from insurrections or conspiracies among the blacks. Serious apprehensions of this
- 71 "My people have become much more industrious since they were emanc.i.p.ated. I have been induced to extend the sugar cultivation over a number of acres more than have ever been cultivated before."--_Mr.Watkins, of Donovan's_."Fearing the consequences
- 72 "I have found that the negroes are readily controlled by law; more so perhaps than the laboring cla.s.ses in other countries."--_David Cranstoun, Esq._ "The conduct of the negro population generally, has surpa.s.sed all expectation. They are as pliant
- 73 Felonies. 2 2 2 Injury to property. 4 9 7 20 5 Larcenies. 4 4 4 Misdemeanors.3 12 15 15 Murders.Petty Thefts. 1 1 10 Trespa.s.ses. 1 2 2 5 Riding improperly thro' the streets.Total 33 41 76 150 25 61 _Signed_, Richard S. Wickham, _Superintendent of Polic
- 74 It will be remembered that Mr. H. is a man of thorough and long experience in the condition of the island, having lived in it since the year 1800, and being most of that time engaged directly is the management of estates."Aggression on private property,
- 75 What are the facts respecting the natural _inferiority_ of the negro race, and their incompetency to manage their own affairs?Said Mr. Armstrong--"The negroes are exceedingly quick _to turn a thought_. They show a great deal of shrewdness in every thing
- 76 Another gentleman, a white man, was arrested on the charge of being in the interest of the English Anti-Slavery party, and in a manner equally summary and illegal, was cast into prison, and confined there for one year.From the foregoing statements we obta
- 77 BARBADOES CHAPTER I.Pa.s.sAGE Barbadoes was the next island which we visited. Having failed of a pa.s.sage in the steamer,[A] (on account of her leaving Antigua on the Sabbath,) we were reduced to the necessity of sailing in a small schooner, a vessel of
- 78 There is no insecurity now. Before emanc.i.p.ation there was a continual fear of insurrection. Mr. C. said he had lain down in bed many a night fearing that his throat would be cut before morning. He has started up often from a dream in which he thought h
- 79 After an hour and a half's drive, we reached Colliton estate, where we were engaged to breakfast. We met a hearty welcome from the manager, Samuel Hinkston, Esq. we were soon joined by several gentlemen whom Mr.H. had invited to take breakfast with us; t
- 80 [Footnote A: When an apprentice signifies his wish to purchase his freedom, he applies to the magistrate for an apprais.e.m.e.nt. The apprais.e.m.e.nt is made by one special and two local magistrates.]Before this gentleman left, the Rev. Mr. C. called in
- 81 8. There is no difficulty in inducing the apprentices to work on Sat.u.r.day. They are usually willing to work if proper wages are given them. If they are not needed on the estates, they either work on their own grounds, or on some neighboring estate.9. T
- 82 houses. The apprentices had no sumptuous dinners to give them. The magistrates felt under very little obligation of any kind to a.s.sert the cause of the apprentice and secure him justice, while they were under very strong temptations to favor the master.
- 83 10. The change which will take place in 1838, in my opinion, will occasion a great deal of discontent among those called praedials--which will not subside for some months. They ought to have been all emanc.i.p.ated at the same period. I cannot foresee any
- 84 Mr. Joseph Thorne is a gentleman of forty-five, of a dark mulatto complexion, with the negro features and hair. _He was born a slave_, and remained so until about twenty years of age. This fact we learned from the manager of the Belle estate, on which Mr.
- 85 Although these evils still exist, yet, since the abolition of slavery, there is one symptom of returning purity, the _sense of shame_.Concubinage is becoming disreputable. The colored females are growing in self-respect, and are beginning to seek regular
- 86 It does not even serve for the master the unworthy purpose for which it was mainly devised, viz., that of an additional compensation. The apprentices.h.i.+p is estimated to be more expensive than a system of free labor would be. It is but little less expe
- 87 Was there any opposition to their admission at first? A. Considerable opposition the first year, but none afterwards. 5th Q. Do they learn as readily us the white children? A. As they are more regular in their attendance, they learn better. 6th Q. Are the
- 88 During one of our excursions into the country, we witnessed another instance of the amicability with which the different colors a.s.sociated in the civil affairs of the island. It was a meeting of one of the parish vestries, a kind of local legislature, w
- 89 We called on Mr. Rogers, the teacher of a Mico charity infant school in Bath. Mr. R., his wife and daughter, are all engaged in this work. They have a day school, and evening school three evenings in the week, and Sabbath school twice each Sabbath. The ev
- 90 During slavery, it took six men to tend the coppers in boiling sugar, and it was thought that fewer could not possibly do the work; but now, since the boilers are paid for their extra time, the work is monopolized by _three_ men. They _would not have any
- 91 4. The conduct of the apprentices depends very much on the conduct of those who have charge of them. If you find a plantation on which the overseer is kind, and does common justice to the laborer, you will find things going on well--if otherwise, the reve
- 92 The apprentices are much more anxious to receive religious instruction, and much more open to conviction, than when slaves. He finds a great difference now on different plantations. Where severity is used, as it still is on many estates, and the new syste
- 93 In view of the local situation of Jamaica--the violent character of its planters--and the inevitable dependency of the magistrates, it is very manifest _that immediate emanc.i.p.ation was imperatively demanded there_. In no other colony did the negroes re
- 94 The staples of the island must be cultivated after 1840 as now, because if not, the negroes could not obtain the comforts or luxuries, of which they are undoubtedly very desirous, from cultivation of their grounds.The fruits and roots necessary for the pu
- 95 1834| 496|29,301|17,725,731| Seasons favorable.1835| 1,115|59,033|10,593,018| do.1836| 227|46,779|13,446,053| do.The following are the remarks of the editor of the Jamaica Watchman, on the foregoing, in his paper of April 8, 1837:-- A general return of ex
- 96 Conversation with negroes on Harveys estate. Conversation with apprentices. Corbett, Mr. Trial of. Corner stone laid. Courts in Barbadoes. Courts in Jamaica. c.o.x, Rev. James. Cranstoun, Mr. Crimes, Diminution of. Crimes in Jamaica. Crookes, Rev. Mr. Cro
- 97 Gordon, Mr. Governor of Antigua. " of Barbadoes. Grace Bay. Grenada. "Grandfather Jacob." Grat.i.tude of the Negroes. "Grecian Regale." Green Castle Estate. Green Wall Estate. Guadaloupe. Guarda Costas. "Gubner poisoned." H., Mr., an American. Hami
- 98 Moravian Chapel. " Missionary. Moravians. Morrish, Rev. Mr. Mule-traveling. Murder of a planter. Musgrave, Dr. Negro Grounds. Negro Quarters. Nevis. Newby, Mr. Newfield, visit to. n.o.ble trait in the apprentices. Nugent, Hon. Nicholas. Obstacles to free
- 99 " for promotion of Christian knowledge. Soldiers, black. Solicitor General of Barbadoes. " of Jamaica. Song sung in the schools. Spanishtown. "Speaking," a Moravian custom. Special Magistrates. (See also _Partiality_.) Special Magistrates, Testimony o
- 100 IMPORTANT TO THE UNITED STATES.False prophets were never stiller about their time-detected impostures than are the pro-slavery presses of the United States about the results of West India Emanc.i.p.ation. Now and then, for the sake of appearances, they ob