Obedience to this command would immediately overturn the whole system of American Slavery; for liberty is justly due to every American citizen, according to the laws of God and the Constitution of our country; and a fair recompense for his labor is the right of every man.
She argues that obeying biblical commands would dismantle the institution of slavery in America.
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What kind of religion did northern men come down and preach to us?
The fact is, we need no excuse for not going to the South, so long as the North is as deeply involved in the guilt of slavery as she is, and as blind to her duty.
No station or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.
So far from thinking slavery a sin, or that I had no right to own the slaves inherited from my father, I thought no one could venture to dispute that right, any more than he could my right to his land or his stock.