Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 · Boston, J. P. Jewett and company; Cleveland, O., Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington; [etc., etc.] · leaf 66
WHITE SLAVERY were worthJ^ ^ " He that shall attribute such things as these/' says the ancient historian, grate- ful for this triumph of freedom, " to the arm of flesh and blood, is forgetful, ungrateful, and, in a manner, atheistical.'' From the same authority I draw another narra- tive of… … sometimes taking us by the hand, sometimes turning us round about, sometimes feeling our brawny and naked armes, and so beholding our prices written in our breasts, they bargained for us accordingly, and at last we were all soldJ^ Shortly af- terwards several were put on board an Algerine corsair…
Slavery · Slave trade · Slavery and Islam
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