PREFACE.
CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF AMERICAN SLAVERY. THE SLAVE TRADE.
AMERICAN SLAVERY. CHAPTER I. Origin of American Slavery. THE SLAVE TRADE.
CHAPTER II. Slavery Defined. PROPERTY IN A HUMAN BEING.
CHAPTER III. Slavery Illustrated. THE CHATTEL PRINCIPLE IN PRACTICE.
CHAPTER IV. Slavery Illustrated Continued. THE CHATTEL PRINCIPLE IN PRACTICE.
CHAPTER V. Slavery Illustrated Continued. THE CHATTEL PRINCIPLE IN PRACTICE.
CHAPTER VI. Slavery Illustrated Continued. SEVERITY OF THE LAWS AGAINST SLAVES.
CHAPTER VII. Slavery and Religion. "CURSED BE CANAAN."
CHAPTER VIII. Slavery and Religion Continued. PATRIARCHAL SERVITUDE AND SLAVERY.
CHAPTER IX. Slavery and Religion Continued. LAW OF MOSES AND SLAVERY.
CHAPTER X. Slavery and Religion Continued. NEW TESTAMENT AND SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XI. American Churches and Slavery. THE POSITION THEY OCCUPY.
CHAPTER XII. Slavery and the Church. NON-FELLOWSHIP WITH SLAVEHOLDERS.
CHAPTER XIII. Slavery and the Church. OBJECTIONS TO THE EXCLUSION OF SLAVEHOLDERS ANSWERED.
CHAPTER XIV. Political Duties of Christians. THE EXTIRPATION OF SLAVERY FROM THE WORLD.
CHAPTER XV. Abolition of Slavery. IMMEDIATE EMANCIPATION.
CHAPTER XVI. What of the Night? HOPE THOU IN GOD.
THE
SLAVERY QUESTION.
BY
JOHN LAWRENCE,
AUTHOR OF “PLAIN THOUGHTS ON SECRET SOCIETIES,” AND “BRIEF
TREATIES ON AMERICAN SLAVERY.”
THIRD EDITION.
THE DISCUSSION OF SLAVERY WILL PROCEED, WHEREVER TWO OR
THREE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER—BY THE FIRESIDE, ON THE HIGHWAY,
AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, IN THE CHURCH. THE MOVEMENT
AGAINST SLAVERY IS FROM THE EVERLASTING ARM.
CHARLES SUMNER.
DAYTON, O.,
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CONFERENCE PRINTING
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.
VONNIEDA & KUMLER, AGENTS.
1854.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1854, by
VONNIEDA & KUMLER,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Ohio.
