| 1862 - 802 pages
...either in social or political relations : so far inferior " — these clever magnates go on to say — "that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect" And yet the "Declaration of Independence" says, in good plain English, "We hold these truths to be self-evident... | |
| Electronic journals - 1907 - 684 pages
...the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration! of independence But the public history of every European nation displays...and so far inferior that they had no rights which a white man was bound to respect, and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery... | |
| United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; arid so far inferior, that they had no rights which the...white man was bound to respect; and that the negro roish: justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for Ms benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 896 pages
...century previous to the adoption of the declaration of independence negroes, whether slaves or free, had been regarded as " beings of an inferior order, and...inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect;" that consequently such persons were not included among the " people" in the... | |
| American cyclopaedia - 1862 - 878 pages
...century previous to the adoption of the declaration of independence negroes, whether slaves or free, had been regarded as " beings of an inferior order, and...inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect;" that consequently each persons were not included among the " people" in the... | |
| John Elliott Cairnes - Slavery - 1862 - 344 pages
...persons were incapable of enjoying this privilege. " Such persons," he said, " had been regarded as unfit to associate with the white race, either in...relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights whirh the white man was bound to respect, and that t/it negro might justly and lawfully be reduced... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 894 pages
...and altogether unfit to associate with the wbit« race either in social or political relations : at-i so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect;" that consequently such persons were not included among the " people" in the... | |
| Jeremiah Smith - Slavery - 1863 - 506 pages
...Independence, and when the Constitution was formed and adopted," stated, as a historical fact, that, " They had for more than a century before been regarded...and so far inferior that they had no rights which a white man was bound to respect." The court did not say whether that regarding was correct or incorrect;... | |
| The North American Review.VOL.XCVIII - 1864 - 654 pages
...made, and which it was intended to express, and which is therefore binding on us, regarded negroes " as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit...and so far inferior, that they had no rights which a white man was bound to respect, and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery... | |
| 1864 - 656 pages
...made, and which it was intended to express, and which is therefore binding on us, regarded negroes " as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit...relations ; and so far inferior, that they had no rights lohich a white man was bound to respect, and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to... | |
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