their fellow-members—­under which, in a word, immortal man, made “in the image of God,” is more unfeelingly and cruelly dealt with, than the brute.  I know that you intimate that this system would work well, were it in the hands of none but good men.  But with equal propriety might you say, that the gaming-house or the brothel would work well in such hands.  You have attempted to sustain this system by the testimony of the Bible.  The system, a part only of the crimes of which, most of the nations of Christendom have declared to be piracy;—­against which, the common sense, the philosophy, the humanity, the conscience of the world, are arrayed;—­this system, so execrable and infamous, you have had the presumption to attempt to vindicate by that blessed book, whose Author “is of purer eyes than to behold evil, and (who) cannot look upon iniquity”—­and who “has magnified his word above all his name.”

And now, Sir, let me solemnly inquire of you, whether it is right to do what you have done?—­whether it is befitting a man, a Christian, and a minister of the gospel?—­and let me, further, ask you, whether you have any cheering testimony in your heart that it is God’s work you have been doing?  That you and I may, in every future work of our hands, have the happiness to know, that the approbation of our employer comes from the upper, and not from the under world, is the sincere desire of

Your friend,

GERRIT SMITH.

No. 4

THE

ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER.

THE

BIBLE AGAINST SLAVERY.

AN INQUIRY

INTO THE

PATRIARCHAL AND MOSAIC SYSTEMS

ON THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

NEW-YORK: 

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY,

NO. 143 NASSAU STREET.

1837.

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CONTENTS.

    Definition of Slavery

    Man-stealing—­Examination of Ex. xxi. 16

    Import of “Bought with money,” etc.

    Rights and privileges of servants

    No involuntary servitude under the Mosaic system

    Servants were paid wages

    Masters, not owners

    Servants distinguished from property

    Social equality of servants with their masters

    Condition of the Gibeonites, as subjects of the Hebrew
    Commonwealth

    Egyptian bondage analyzed