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AN ESSAY
ON
Liberty and Slavery.
BY
ALBERT TAYLOR BLEDSOE, LL.D.
"
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
E477 253
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON AND CO.
PHILADELPHIA,
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
5
THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY.......
SECT. I.-The commonly-received definition of Civil Li-
berty.
9
121
SECT. II.-Examination of the commonly-received defini-
tion of Civil Liberty..
13
SECT. III. No good law ever limits or abridges the Na-
tural Liberty of Mankind....
SECT. IV. The Distinction between Rights and Liberty.. 28
SECT. V.-The Relation between the State of Nature and
22
Civil Society....
SECT. VI.-Inherent and Inalienable Rights....
SECT. VII.-Conclusion of the First Chapter......
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CHAPTER II.
THE ARGUMENTS AND POSITIONS OF ABOLITIONISTS.
43
45
52
...... 55
SECT. I. The first fallacy of the Abolitionist................
SECT. II. The second fallacy of the Abolitionist........... 50
SECT. III.-The third fallacy of the Abolitionist........
SECT. IV. The fourth fallacy of the Abolitionist..........
SECT. V. The fifth fallacy of the Abolitionist......
SECT. VI.—The sixth fallacy of the Abolitionist.......
SECT. VII. The seventh fallacy of the Abolitionist....... 65
SECT. VIII. The eighth fallacy of the Abolitionist........ 79
SECT. IX. The ninth fallacy of the Abolitionist............ 82
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