“I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families.” NeedsProveSlaveryServitudeScientism Book:Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
“God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men.” MenMastersRelationAbsolutesFellowsAssumingGuiltyFellow ManServitudeAbsolute Power Book:Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi