The Speech of John a Chandler of Norfolk County in the House of Delegates O
The Speech of John a Chandler of Norfolk County in the House of Delegates O
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Were they freemen there? At one time they were. How came'ihey to be converted into slaves? By the stratagems of war, and the strong arm of the conqueror: they were vanquished in battle, sold by the vic- torious party to the slave-trader, who brought them to our shores, and disposed of them to the planter of Virginia. Had tlie conqueror an absolute and unqualified right to them? The gentleman from Camp- bell, (Mr. Daniel, ) in arguing this part of the subject, stated, that an- cient authors insi...sted upon two modes by which a freeman might be- come a slave, to wit: by voluntary compact and by conquest; but he was in the end compelled, by the course of his reasoning, to admit, that these doctrines have been exploded by modern writers. If, then, liberty, rightfully, cannot be converted into slavery, may I not ques- tion wJiether the title of the master to the slave is absolute and unquali- fied, and beyond the disposal of the government? In general cases, the derivative title cannot he better than the primitive.
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