Southern Slavery in Its Present Aspects Containing a Reply to a Late Work of Th
Southern Slavery in Its Present Aspects Containing a Reply to a Late Work of Th
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" God ISO SOUTHERN SLAVERY.
is mcrcifal, " was the Arab's reply. What, then, is the Southern hiw of shivery? I have already re- ferred to the decision of Judge Euffin, to show that the " relation of master and slave, " as defined and maintained by Southern law, is an immoral relation. That decision does not stand alone. I propose to add here other specimens of slave law, taken almost at random from a collection made by Judge Stroud : The civil law — except where modified by statute, or by usage...s which have acquired the force of law — is generally referred to in the slaveholding States, as containing the true principles of the institution. It will be proper, therefore, to give an abstract of its leading doctrines; for which purpose, I use Dr. Taylor' i Eleviejits of the Civil Law, page 429; — "Slaves, " says he, "were held pro nullis ; pro moriuis ; pro quaarupedibus. They had no head in the State, no name, title or register; they were not capa- ble of being injured; nor could they take by purchase or de- scent; they had no heirs, and therefore could make no will; ex- clusive of what was called their peculium, whatever they acquired was their master's ; they could not plead nor be pleaded for, but were excluded from all civil concerns whatever ; they could not claim the indulgence of absence reipublicce causa ; they were not entitled to the rights and considerations of matrimony, and, therefore, had no relief in case of adultery ; nor were they pro- per objects of cognation or affinity, but of quasi-cognation only; they could be sold, transferred, or pawned as goods or personal estate; for goods they were, and as such they were esteemed; they might be tortured for evidence, punished at the discretion of their lord, or even put to death by his authority.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" God ISO SOUTHERN SLAVERY.
is mcrcifal, " was the Arab's reply. What, then, is the Southern hiw of shivery? I have already re- ferred to the decision of Judge Euffin, to show that the " relation of master and slave, " as defined and maintained by Southern law, is an immoral relation. That decision does not stand alone. I propose to add here other specimens of slave law, taken almost at random from a collection made by Judge Stroud : The civil law — except where modified by statute, or by usage...s which have acquired the force of law — is generally referred to in the slaveholding States, as containing the true principles of the institution. It will be proper, therefore, to give an abstract of its leading doctrines; for which purpose, I use Dr. Taylor' i Eleviejits of the Civil Law, page 429; — "Slaves, " says he, "were held pro nullis ; pro moriuis ; pro quaarupedibus. They had no head in the State, no name, title or register; they were not capa- ble of being injured; nor could they take by purchase or de- scent; they had no heirs, and therefore could make no will; ex- clusive of what was called their peculium, whatever they acquired was their master's ; they could not plead nor be pleaded for, but were excluded from all civil concerns whatever ; they could not claim the indulgence of absence reipublicce causa ; they were not entitled to the rights and considerations of matrimony, and, therefore, had no relief in case of adultery ; nor were they pro- per objects of cognation or affinity, but of quasi-cognation only; they could be sold, transferred, or pawned as goods or personal estate; for goods they were, and as such they were esteemed; they might be tortured for evidence, punished at the discretion of their lord, or even put to death by his authority.
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