On all grounds of reason, and waiving all questions of “positive” statute, the Vermont Judge was nobly right, when, rejecting the claim of a Slave-Master, he said, “No, not until you show a Bill of Sale from the Almighty.” Nothing short of this impossible link in the chain of title would do.
Sumner praises a Vermont Judge's ruling against slavery, emphasizing the need for divine justification for ownership.
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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
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