Fifth Annual Report of the Free-Will Baptist
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Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the Free-Will Baptist: Anti-Slavery Society, Read at Lebanon, Maine, October 9, 1851 The freedom of the will is one of our denominational characteristics. But our faith stops not here: it includes the freedom of the entire man; ever subject, however, to the restraints of the "higher law." We claim this freedom for ourselves, and we grant it to others. Aye, more, we demand it for others; and for all others. Especially do we plead for the enslaved of our race in this boasted "land of the free and home of the brave." We do it, because they are not allowed to speak for themselves. We do it the more earnestly, because the rod of oppression is held by the American people. The same year that our Pilgrim fathers landed upon Plymouth Rock, and founded institutions that have blessed the world, the same year came a cargo of slaves to Virginia´s shore; and then commenced an institution, that, like the serpent in the garden, has beguiled the people, and cursed the land. For more than two hundred years it has been growing with our growth, and strengthening with our strength. Within its coils more than 3,000,000 of victims are now held, and its slimy folds encircle both Church and State. White laborers feel its sting, and free blacks the poison of its fangs. It now claims to be the corner-stone of our republican edifice, and the sine qua non in every well regulated government. It threatens the dissolution of our Union, if a free State is admitted, or the door closed against its entrance into territory now free. It enslaves every free black that enters its enclosure, and hunts its fugitives in all our domain. It now makes the kidnapping of freemen as feasible in our own land as in that of Africa, so far as national laws can do it. 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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