 They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound...  The Tribune Almanac - Page 401868Full view - About this book
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1874 - 562 pages
...our Constitution people of the African race had " been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations " ; and this unhappy asseveration culminates in the words, " and so far inferior that they had no rights which... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 1956 pages
...meaning of that Instrument, when It said. " all men are created equal." and that they were regarded " as so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.'* National Government, some as legislators, and others as cabinet ministers.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Samuel Freeman Miller - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 848 pages
...mistaken. They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race,...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1875 - 568 pages
...mistaken. " They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race,...relations, — and so far inferior, that they had no ririhts which the white man woa bound to respect, aud that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced... | |
 | James Quay Howard - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 278 pages
...millions of our countrymen, capable of civilization and religion, were, because of their race and color, " so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." The practice,' founded upon this denial of the Declaration of Independence,... | |
 | Russell H. Conwell - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 352 pages
...millions of our countrymen, capable of civilization and religion, were, because of their race and color, ' so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.' The practice founded upon this denial of the Declaration of Independence, protected... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - North America - 1877 - 764 pages
...progenitors " for more than a century before," regarded the negroes as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race...man -was bound to respect, and that the negro might lawfully be reduced to slavery for his (the white man's) benefit. The Chief Justice further declared... | |
 | Edward Howland - History - 1877 - 848 pages
...; % i of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in moral or political relations ; and so far inferior, that...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit." Justices Curtis and McLean dissented from this decision, maintaining " that by taking the plaintiff... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1881 - 210 pages
...colored people) had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race,...inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." SHEEP IN COBEA. ENGLEWOOD, Oct. 8, 1880, Please state why is sheep raising prohibited... | |
 | Edward Howland - North America - 1877 - 858 pages
...beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in moral or political relations ; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white inan was bound to respect ; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for... | |
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