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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus.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 rig
- 1 The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus.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 rig
- 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 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 auction,
- 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 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 power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.2. If he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall dea
- 7 4. Act on this subject. Some of you _own_ slaves yourselves. If you believe slavery is _sinful_, set them at liberty, "undo the heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free." If they wish to remain with you, pay them wages, if not, let them leave
- 8 Sisters in Christ, I have done. As a Southerner, I have felt it was my duty to address you. I have endeavoured to set before you the exceeding sinfulness of slavery, and to point you to the example of those n.o.ble women who have been raised up in the chu
- 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 You would have your readers believe, that the blessings of education are to be withheld from your slaves--only "until the storm shall be overblown," and that you hope that "Satan's being let loose will be but for a little season."
- 12 I have supposed it possible, that you might number yourself with those, who defend slavery on the ground of its alleged conformity with human laws. It occurs to me, that you may, also, take hope, that slavery is defensible in the supposed fact, that a con
- 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 [Footnote A: Jarchi, the most eminent of the Jewish writers, (if we except perhaps the Egyptian Maimonides,) who wrote seven hundred years ago, in his comment on this stealing and making merchandize of men, gives the meaning thus:--"Using a man again
- 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 6. _We infer that servants were voluntary, from the fact that there is no instance of an Israelitish master ever_ SELLING _a servant_. Abraham had thousands of servants, but appears never to have sold one. Isaac "grew until he became very great,"
- 17 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 to be noticed.1. _Servants were not subjected to the uses, nor liable
- 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 3. The Targum of Jonathan gives the verse thus, "Death by the sword shall a.s.suredly be adjudged." The Targum of Jerusalem thus, "Vengeance shall be taken for him to the _uttermost_." Jarchi gives the same rendering. The Samaritan ver
- 20 Here let it be observed, that both 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, were in higher estimation, and rose to hon
- 21 The leading directions as to the disposal of the Canaanites, are mainly in the following pa.s.sages, Exod. xxiii. 23-33, and 33-51, and 34, 11--Deut. vii. 16-25, and ix. 3, and x.x.xi. 3, 1, 2. In these verses, the Israelites are commanded to "destro
- 22 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 "BUY&
- 23 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 of the altar only in desperation--rus.h.i.+ng from the terror of the aven
- 24 What a myriad choir and thunderous song.]Before entering upon an a.n.a.lysis of the condition of servants under these two states of society, we will consider the import of certain terms which describe the mode of procuring them.IMPORT OF "BUY,"
- 25 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, the Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles, and to rec
- 26 Rom. xiii. 7. "The laborer is WORTHY OF HIS HIRE." Luke x. 7. How did Abraham teach his servants to "_do justice_" to others? By doing injustice to them? Did he exhort them to "render to all their dues" by keeping back _their
- 27 1. "BONDMEN." The fact that servants from the heathen are called "_bondmen_," while others are called "_servants_," is quoted as proof that the former were slaves. As the caprices of King James' translators were not insp
- 28 Besides, if we interpret the words destroy, consume, overthrow, &c., to mean _personal_ destruction, what meaning shall we give to the expressions, "throw out before thee;" "cast out before thee;" "expel,""put out,"
- 29 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 "OWNERS," SERVANTS NOT SUBJECTED TO THE USES OF PRO
- 30 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, neither cometh to the light, lest its deeds should be reproved." Go
- 31 Such is every slaveholder.]In further prosecuting this inquiry, the Patriarchal and Mosaic systems will be considered together, as each reflects light upon the other, and as many regulations of the latter are mere _legal_ forms of Divine inst.i.tutions pr
- 32 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 FIFTY YEARS, and those who remained a less time, in nearly the same proportion.
- 33 [Footnote A: There is no evidence that masters had the power to dispose of even the _services_ of their servants, as men hire out their laborers whom they employ by the year; but whether they had or not, affects not the argument.]Though servants were not
- 34 x.x.xiv. 20. Servants must have had permanently the means of _acquiring_ property to meet these expenditures.VI. SERVANTS WHO WENT OUT AT THE SEVENTH YEAR, WERE "FURNISHED LIBERALLY." Deut. xv. 10-14. "Thou shalt furnish him liberally out o
- 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 Their ignorance of judicial proceedings, laws of evidence, &c., made such instructions necessary. The detail gone into, in the verses quoted, is manifestly to enable them to get at the _motive_ and find out whether the master _designed_ to kill. 1. "
- 37 xlvii. 21-23. None but the monied aristocracy would be likely to decline such offers. On the other hand, the Israelites, owning all the soil, and an inheritance of land being a sacred possession, to hold it free of inc.u.mbrance was with every Israelite,
- 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 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 soil.[C] If it has power to prohibit the sale _without_ the soil, it
- 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 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 of per
- 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 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 SOCIETY NO. 143 Na.s.sAU-ST
- 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 Brown presented the resolutions of the General a.s.sembly of Ohio, recommending to Congress the consideration of a system for the gradual emanc.i.p.ation of persons of color held in servitude in the United States." On the same day, "Mr. n.o.ble,
- 47 "2d Article. We _will neither import nor purchase any slaves imported_ after the first day of December next, after which time we will _wholly discontinue_ the slave trade, and we will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels
- 48 Strange, unaccountable paradox! How much more rational would it be, to argue that the natural enemy of the privileges of a freeman, is he who is robbed of them himself! Dishonorable to the species is the idea that they would ever prove injurious to our in
- 49 By voting for this resolution, the south, by a simultaneous movement, s.h.i.+fted its mode of defense, not so much by taking a position entirely new, as by attempting to refortify an old one--never much trusted in, and abandoned mainly long ago, as being
- 50 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.FOURTH EDITION.NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, No. 143 N
- 51 6. EMINENT STATESMEN, THEMSELVES SLAVEHOLDERS, HAVE CONCEDED THIS POWER.Was.h.i.+ngton, in a letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786, says: "There is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of sl
- 52 Resolved, That our Senators be instructed, and our members of Congress be requested, to oppose the admission as a state into the Union, of any territory not comprised as aforesaid, without making _the prohibition of slavery_ therein an indispensible condi
- 53 In 1785, the New York Manumission Society was formed. John Jay was chosen its first President, and held the office five years. Alexander Hamilton was its second President, and after holding the office one year, resigned upon his removal to Philadelphia as
- 54 But we turn from these considerations--though the times on which we have fallen, and those toward which we are borne with headlong haste, call for their discussion as with the voices of departing life--and proceed to topics relevant to the argument before
- 55 A careful a.n.a.lysis of Mr. Clay's resolution and of the discussions upon it, will convince every fair mind that this is but the legitimate carrying out of the _principle_ pervading both. They proceed virtually upon the hypothesis that the will and
- 56 WILLIAM H. PRITCHARD, _Coroner, (ex officio,) Barnwell Dist., S.C._ The Mississippi and other papers will please copy the above.--_Georgia Const.i.tutionalist_.$100 REWARD.--Ran away from the subscriber, living on Herring Bay, Ann Arundel county, Md., on
- 57 The early years of my life went by pleasantly. The bitterness of my lot I had not yet realized. Comfortably clothed and fed, kindly treated by my old master and mistress and the young ladies, and the playmate and confidant of my young master, I did not dr
- 58 Their mothers were kept at work in the field.It was the object of the overseer to separate me in feeling and interest as widely as possible from my suffering brethren and sisters. I had relations among the field hands, and used to call them my cousins. He
- 59 Aunt Polly explained as well as she could, that Huckstep, in a state of partial intoxication, had attempted to leap his horse over a fence, had fallen and cut a deep gash in his head, and that he was now lying insensible.It is impossible to describe the e
- 60 Geography and Statistics of the Island,--Reflections on arrival,--Interview with Clergymen,--with the Governor,--with a member of a.s.sembly,--Sabbath,--Service at the Moravian Chapel,--Sabbath School,--Service at the Episcopal Church,--Service at the Wes
- 61 Total 131,257 831,105 162,733 1,125,095 [Footnote A: These islands adopted immediate emanc.i.p.ation, Aug 1, 1834.][Footnote B: These are crown colonies, and have no local legislature.]ANTIGUA.CHAPTER I.Antigua is about eighteen miles long and fifteen bro
- 62 [Footnote A: We venture to publish the note in which the governor conveyed his invitation, simply because, though a trifle in itself, it will serve to show the estimation in which our mission was held."If Messrs. Kimball and Thome are not engaged Tue
- 63 "We thank thee, Lord, for this our food, But bless thee more for Jesus' blood; Let manna to our souls be given, The bread of life sent down from heaven."The benediction was p.r.o.nounced, and the a.s.sembly retired.There was an aged negro m
- 64 An aged infirm woman said to us, among other things, "Since de _free_ come de ma.s.sa give me no--no, nothing to eat--gets all from my cousins." We next conversed with two men, who were masons on an estate.Being asked how they liked liberty, the
- 65 We called at the estate of Mr. J. Scotland, Jr., barrister, and member of the a.s.sembly. We expected to meet with the proprietor, but the manager informed us that pressing business at court had called him to St. John's on the preceding day. The testimon
- 66 1. That the emanc.i.p.ation of the slaves of the West Indies, while it was an act of undoubted justice to that oppressed people, has operated most favorably in furthering the triumphs of the gospel, by removing one prolific source of unmerited suspicion o
- 67 "Another question of considerable delicacy and importance still remains to be discussed. Is it advisable, under all the circ.u.mstances of the case, to circulate the Holy Scriptures, without note of comment, among the slave population of these islands? Y
- 68 After singing a hymn they all kneeled down, and the school closed with a prayer and benediction. They continued singing as they retired from the house, and long after they had parted on their different ways home, their voices swelled on the breeze at a di
- 69 We're all brothers, sisters, brothers, We're sisters and brothers, And heaven is our home.The G.o.d of heaven is pleased to see That little children all agree; And will not slight the praise they bring, When loving children join to sing: We're all brot
- 70 In the rein of Charles II., Antigua was conquered by the French, and the inhabitants were forced to swear allegiance to the French government. In a very short time the French were driven off the island and the English again took possession of it. It was t
- 71 "Previous to emanc.i.p.ation, many persons apprehended violence and bloodshed as the consequence of turning the slaves all loose. But when emanc.i.p.ation took place, all these apprehensions vanished. The sense of personal security is universal. We know
- 72 That emanc.i.p.ation should be universally regarded as a blessing, is remarkable, when we consider that combination of untoward circ.u.mstances which it has been called to encounter--a combination wholly unprecedented in the history of the island. In 1835
- 73 By the kind invitation of Mr. Bourne, we accompanied him once on a morning circuit around his estate. After riding some distance, we came to the 'great gang' cutting canes. Mr. B. saluted the people in a friendly manner, and they all responded with a he
- 74 A return of crimes reported during the month of January, I beg leave to enclose, and at the same time, to congratulate your Honor on the vast diminution of all minor misdemeanors, and of the continued total absence of capital offences."_Superintendent's
- 75 Not one species of crime which can be considered of an heinous nature, has yet been discovered; and I proudly venture to declare my opinion, that in no part of his Majesty's dominions, has a population of thirty thousand conducted themselves with more st
- 76 It is by no means strange that the negroes should feel little grat.i.tude toward their late masters, since they knew their opposition to the benevolent intentions of the English government. We were informed by Dr.Daniell and many others, that for several
- 77 "We all resisted violently the measure of abolition, when it first began to be agitated in England. We regarded it as an outrageous interference with our rights, with our property. But we are now rejoiced that slavery is abolished."--_Dr. Daniell_."I h
- 78 "Prejudice against color is fast disappearing. The colored people have themselves contributed to prolong this feeling, _by keeping aloof from the society of the whites_."--_James Howell, of T. Jarvis's_.How utterly at variance is this with the commonly
- 79 During the day we gathered the following information:-- Mr. C. had been a planter for thirty-six years. He has had charge of the estate on which he now resides ten years. He is the attorney for two other large estates a few miles from this, and has under
- 80 Soon after supper, Miss E., one of Mr. C.'s daughters, retired for the purpose of teaching a cla.s.s of colored children which came to her on Wednesday and Sat.u.r.day nights. A sister of Miss E. has a cla.s.s on the same days at noon.During the evening
- 81 MARTIS MENSE 1769"From the "Crane," which is the name given to that section of the country in which the "Horse" is situated, we bent our way in a southerly direction to the Ridge estate, which was about eight miles distant, where we had engaged to di
- 82 CHAPTER II.TESTIMONY OF SPECIAL MAGISTRATES, POLICE OFFICERS, CLERGYMEN, AND MISSIONARIES.Next in weight to the testimony of the planters is that of the special magistrates. Being officially connected with the administration of the apprentices.h.i.+p syst
- 83 The man was sentence to imprisonment.III. The third complaint was against a woman for singing and making a disturbance in the field. Sentenced to six days' solitary confinement.IV. An apprentice was brought up for not doing his work well. He was a mason,
- 84 14. Are the apprentices disposed to purchase their freedom? How have those conducted themselves who have purchased it?The apprentices are inclined to purchase their discharge, particularly when misunderstandings occur with their masters. When they obtain
- 85 CHAPTER III.COLORED POPULATION.The colored, or as they were termed previous to abolition, by way of distinction, the free colored population, amount in Barbadoes to nearly thirty thousand. They are composed chiefly of the mixed race, whose paternal connec
- 86 It was common for the planters of Barbadoes, like those of Antigua, to declare that the greatest blessing of abolition to them, was that it relieved them from the disagreeable work of flogging the negroes. We had the unsolicited testimony of a planter, th
- 87 5. The master is obliged to sell the remainder of the apprentice's term, whenever the apprentice signifies a wish to buy it. If the parties cannot agree about the price, the special magistrate, in connection with two local magistrates, appraises the latt
- 88 "4. I think the negroes might have been emanc.i.p.ated as safely in 1834, as in 1840; and had the emanc.i.p.ation then taken place, they would be found much further in advance in 1840, than they can be after the expiration of the present period of appren
- 89 The secretary of the special magistrate department, Richard Hill, Esq., is a colored gentleman, and is one of the first men in the island,[A]for integrity, independence, superior abilities, and extensive acquirements. It has seldom been our happiness to m
- 90 About two weeks before, the apprentices on Thornton estate, amounting to about ninety, had refused to work, and fled in a body to the woods, where they still remained. Their complaint, according to our informant, was, that their master had turned the catt
- 91 G., _there was great rejoicing_ among the book-keepers in August 1834!_The abolition of slavery was_ EMANc.i.p.aTION TO THE BOOK-KEEPERS.[Footnote A: The book-keepers are subordinate overseers and drivers; they are generally young white men, who after ser
- 92 We met a brown young woman driving an a.s.s laden with a great variety of articles. She said she had been to Kingston (fifteen miles off) with a load of provisions, and had purchased some things to sell to the apprentices. We asked her what she did with h
- 93 Hill had given. He was even stronger than Mr. H. in his expressions of disapprobation of the apprentices.h.i.+p.The day which we spent with Mr. Hill was one of those on which he holds a special justice's court. There were only three cases of complaint br
- 94 The following fact will ill.u.s.trate the injustice of the magistrates. It was stated in writing by a missionary. We conceal all names, in compliance with the request of the writer. "An apprentice belonging to ---- in the ---- was sent to the treadmill b
- 95 We have in our possession a number of official doc.u.ments from gentlemen, officers of the government, and variously connected with its administration, in the different islands which we visited: some of these--such as could not be conveniently incorporate
- 96 1833 649 462 65 1834 549 728 24 1835 569 1047 43 1836 1013 1345 104 RETURN OF EXPORTS--SUGAR.hhds. trcs. bbls.1832 18,804 1278 838 1833 27,015 1505 651 1834 27,593 1464 1083 1835 24,309 1417 938 1836 25,060 1796 804 VALUATIONS OF APPRENTICES IN JAMAICA."
- 97 ABSCONDING from labor, Accident in a boiling house, Aged negro, Allowance to Apprentices, "Amalgamation,"American Consul, (_See Consul_.) American Prejudice, Amity Hall Estate, Anderson, Wm. II. Esq., Anguilla, Annual Meeting of Missionaries, Antigua, D
- 98 Expense of free compared with slave labor. Expense of Apprentices.h.i.+p compared with slavery. Explanation of terms. Exports of Jamaica for 53 years. Fair of St. Johns. Favey, Mr. Feeding in Barbadoes. Feeling, intense, of the negroes. Females in the fie
- 99 Lears Estate. Legislature of Antigua. Letter to a Special Magistrate. License to marry. Licentiousness. Lighthouse. Lock-up house at St. Johns. Lyon, E.B., Esq. Lyons Estate. Machinery, Labor-saving. Managers, Testimony of. Manchioneal. Market in St. John
- 100 Religious condition of slaves in Antigua. Religious instruction desired. Report of a Special Magistrate. Resolution in regard to Messrs. Thome and Kimball. Resolutions of Wesleyan Missionaries. Respect for the aged. Results in Antigua. Revengefulness. Rid