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Excerpt from Address of the New-England Anti-Slavery Convention to the Slaves of the United States: With an Address to President Tyler, Adopted in Faneuil Hall, May 31, 1843
In the first place, then, you are men created in the same divine image as all other men - as good, as noble, as free, by birth and destiny, as your masters as much entitled to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, ' as those who cruelly enslave you - made but a little lowe1 than the an gels of heaven, and destined to an immortal state of existemo great human family. These truths you must believe and understand, if you desire to have your chains brok en, and your oppression come to a speedy end. Know this, also, that God never made a slave master, nor a slave. He abhors cruelty and injustice in every form, and his judgments have been poured out on those nations that have refused to let the oppressed go free. He pities all who are sighing in bondage, and will work out their redemption, at whatever cost to those who are crushing them in the dust. He 'has made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell on all the face of the earth' - not to war with each other - not to defraud, degrade, torment, persecute, or oppress each other - but to enjoy equal rights and perfect liberty, to love and do good to each other, to dwell together in unity. Lie is no re specter of persons, but has given to all the stamp of his divinity, and his tender mercies are over all the works of his hands. Thus saith the Lord, Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do 110 violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood.' Such is your Creator, Father, and God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
