Slavery and the Domestic Slave Trade, in the United States

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The Hebrew man and maid servant, who chose to remain with the master, were treated in like manner. Deut. Xv. 17. Having thus briefly set forth the ground and origin of the servile state among the posterity of Abraham, we proceed to give a summary of its principal features, as follows.