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Samuel Hopkins

American Clergyman

Born: Sep 17, 1721

Died: Dec 20, 1803

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Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven. Samuel Hopkins

In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes our slaves, as we do, cannot be vindicated by any thing we can find there, but is condemned by the whole of divine revelation. Samuel Hopkins

These Scriptures, therefore, are infinitely far from justifying the slavery under consideration; for it cannot be made to appear that one in a thousand of these slaves has done any thing to forfeit his own liberty. Samuel Hopkins

Liberty Made Own Consideration Thousand His Forfeit Infinitely Any Done Cannot Justifying Scriptures Far Therefore Appear Thing Slavery Slaves

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