Brewster Kahle on Nostr: from an anti-slave publication from 1835 1/2 By the census or 1830, there were in the ...
from an anti-slave publication from 1835 1/2
By the census or 1830, there were in the United States 2,009,050 Slaves—ONE SIXTH part of THE ENTIRE POPULATION!
" A slave,” says the law of Louisiana, "is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor: he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but what must belong to his master."
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By the census or 1830, there were in the United States 2,009,050 Slaves—ONE SIXTH part of THE ENTIRE POPULATION!
" A slave,” says the law of Louisiana, "is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor: he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but what must belong to his master."
https://archive.org/details/sim_anti-slavery-record_1835-01_1_1/page/n13/mode/1up