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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session, (search)
eople ignorant enough to contend, not only that slavery impoverishes, but that, in a military point of view, it enfeebles a State. One of the first acts of Moses, after he had delivered his countrymen from the Egyptian yoke, was to wage war against the Edomites, conquer and reduce them to slavery. Josephus declares that the Jews were greatly benefited by the booty and the slaves they acquired. This was while Moses was governed by Divine council, contemporaneous with the thunders of Mount Sinai, and the delivery of the ten Commandments. This conquest of slaves was ordered with direct reference to the occupation and settlement of the promised land. Having given slaves to the Jews, the Almighty regulated the institution by an excellent code of laws; and when they entered Canaan, authorized them to make slaves of the heathen around them. If we explore the history of English civilization, we shall find that slavery, even the slavery of Englishmen, rested at its foundation. T