Religious Organizations, and Slavery (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Religious Organizations, and SlaveryDo unto others as ye? Would that' others should do unto you, and this rule as we View it condemns the vital element of slavery but as it was understood when first announced, it struck only at its abuses, it taught masters not to give 1 liberty to their slaves, but simply to treat them as they would wish to be treated were they slaves themselves. In that day nothing had occurred to develop in the minds OE men the inherent and fundamental rights of humanity, and they were not developed, In such an age the inherent right of self-ownership was not recognized, and perhaps it was not the fault of those who then fitted that they were ignorant.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.