Letters on American Slavery: Addressed to Mr. Thomas Rankin, Merchant at Middlebrook, Augusta Co., Va

Abraham admit Apostle argument avarice become benevolence bondage bound Bourbon county brethren Cameron Canaan Canaanites chains children of Israel color consequently consider constitution of Kentucky creatures crime cruel cruelty curse DEAR BROTHER death deprive divine DOULOS dreadful Egypt emancipation endure enslaved equally eternal evident evil feeling freedom give gospel hapless heart heathen Hence hold slaves horrible human induce inflicted injustice innocent instances involuntary slavery Israelites justice justly Kentucky kind of servitude labor lashes liberation liberty love of gain mand master mildest mind misery moral nation natural rights nature offspring oppression original parents permitted perpetual poor Africans poor slaves possess prediction principles prohibit propen purchased rest of mankind Sabaoth Sabbath schools sacred says scriptures Shem slaveholder's power slaveholding soul steal strongest sufferings suppose system of slavery tender thou thousand tion toil tyranny unjust unto vants wife WILLIAM DICKEY word yoke