A Treatise Upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa: Humbly Recommended to the Attention of Government. By an African Merchant |
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As to slavery , then thus stands that law , of which Moses said , “ Behold I have taught you statutes and judgments , even as the ... who hath God so nigh unto them , as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon hiin for ?
As to slavery , then thus stands that law , of which Moses said , “ Behold I have taught you statutes and judgments , even as the ... who hath God so nigh unto them , as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon hiin for ?
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Page 7 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 8 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 21 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the LAMB...
Page 20 - Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 7 - And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Page 7 - For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Page 6 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Page 16 - We have granted also, and given to all the freemen of our realm, for us and our Heirs for ever...
Page 8 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 5 - Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us" and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.
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| Title | A Treatise Upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa: Humbly Recommended to the Attention of Government. By an African Merchant Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection Issue 10871 of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature |
| Author | African Merchant |
| Publisher | R. Baldwin, 1772 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 124 pages |
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