An Address, Delivered Before the Portsmouth Anti-Slavery Society (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from An Address, Delivered Before the Portsmouth Anti-Slavery Society At the Annual Meeting of the Portsmouth Anti-Slavery Society, on the 4th day of July, 1839, the following resolutions, viz: "Resolved, That the existence of Slavery in our Union is incompatible with the genius of our political institutions, and a virtual renunciation of the self-evident truths relating to the natural equality and the inalienable rights of man, as set forth in the Declaration of Independence - that the rapid increase and extension of Slavery, as tending to undermine the foundations of virtue and morality, the Christian Religion, and civil liberty, is a subject which ought to excite the most fearful apprehensions of the friends of freedom. "Resolved, That the abolition of the whole system of Southern Slavery is demanded by the dictates of humanity - the immutable principles of justice - and the interests and welfare of the whole nation:" being under consideration, Mr. Claggett addressed the meeting, as follows: - Mr. President: - When the constitution of the United States was adopted, nearly fifty-two years ago, the number of persons held in bondage in the thirteen United States, probably exceeded six hundred thousands. By the census of 1790, the whole number was 697,897. The present number may be estimated at three millions. We have thus the startling - the appalling fact, that in the lapse of about half a century, there has been an increase of slaves in this land of freedom, this boasted "asylum of oppressed humanity," of nearly two millions and an half. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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