The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, And the Future of the ...
The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, And the Future of the ...
Robert Dale Owen
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Must we obtain possession of the persons of these slaves before we can dfii?lare them to be free of their bondage ? r In this case, the question is not of seizing and de- / fitroying tangible property belonging to the enemy. Even if a slave were an article of merchandise, we do not propose to ourselves the possession and the destruc- tion of that article. If we did, it could not be ours to I possess until we captured it, nor to destroy until the / laws against murder were repealed. ! The proper...ty with which we propose to deal, and of which we seek to deprive our enemies, is property of a character very different to that of property in horses or muskets. It consists of a right, or claim, — the only right over a slave by a master which is recognized in the Constitution, — the claim to that slave's service or ^^Jafeor. This is, strictly speaking, a species of property in the nature of a demand, to be satisfied in the future. It is a debt, of a peculiar nature, it is true, — not payable in money, not recoverable by suit in court, enforced by physical means, — but still essentially a debt.
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