Τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἑλοίμην ἂν ἀντὶ ὧν ἔχω πάντων καὶ ἄλλων πολλαπλασίων. XENOPH. Anab. lib. i. c. vii. 3. PHILADELPHIA: PERKINS & PURVES, CHESTNUT STREET. BOSTON: B. PERKINS & CO. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by ALBERT BARNES, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION CHAP. I. Reasons why the appeal on the subject of Slavery should 2. The subject of slavery is one on which the Bible has legis- (1.) Not a mere condition of apprenticeship (5.) Does not pertain wholly to a legislature to regulate (6.) Not a condition like that of the serfs of Russia, &c. (7.) Not the kind of property which a man has in his wife or 1. Is wholly involuntary on the part of the slave 2. Is property claimed in that which belongs to him, but which 3. Is a right of property in all that pertains to the slave ́. 4. Is a right of property in his services without equivalent or |