Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 · Boston, J. P. Jewett and company; Cleveland, O., Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington; [etc., etc.] · leaf 26
20 WHITE SLAVERY It would be difficult to mention any word which has played such opposite parts in history — now beneath the garb of servitude, concealing its early robes of pride. And yet, startling as it may seem, this word may properly be received in its prim- itive character, in our own day, by… … Slavery was universally recognized by the na- tions of antiquity. It is said by Pliny, in a bold phrase, that the Lacedaemonians invented sla- very."^ If this were so, the glory of Lycurgus and Leonidas would not compensate for such a blot upon their character. It is true that they recog- nized it,…
Slavery · Slave trade · Slavery and Islam
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