To protect servants from violence, it was ordained that if a master struck out the tooth or destroyed the eye of a servant, that servant immediately became free, for such an act of violence evidently showed he was unfit to possess the power of a master, and therefore that power was taken from him.
Grimké argues that violent acts by masters against servants demonstrate their unfitness to hold power over others.
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I was among those who thought (and honestly too) that there was no more moral guilt attached to the holding our fellow beings in bondage, regarding them as property, than to the holding of a mule or an ox.
What dost thou mean by saying, her rights are the gifts of honor, rectitude and love?
Sold at auction, either individually, or in lots to suit the purchaser, he may remain with his family, or be separated from them for ever.
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