The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-05-03


personalrights. Many Of the public !ullbl {
slaves were even educated, and Tiled n
impoatant oMces. y
ytheS greed Romans, the possi5;
session of sla yest was considered luz n
ury. and we find some Of the wealthy
Romans: possessing as many as
twenty thousand. The best Of them
were employed as house servants and Y 9
attendants in which place they were
fwell surrounded. During the period
Of Roman conquest, such multitudes
Of prisoners were taken that it be-
came necessary to dispose Of them in
some way, and it is natural that tn the
Romans should sell them, though the the
price was very low. At the distruct-
ion of Jerusalem 10000 men were
made prisoners and sold sfor about q t
sixtytwo cents apiece.
The influence 5of Ch hristianity had
marked effect on slavery espec-
iially in the south and southwest Of
Europe; though it still prevailed, ia'il'ee
supp ported by theasara celis,W Who iWefe
Very unscrupulo GUS, eciaallly inSthlle lsll
}enslaYement ON Christians. I'll l[al he
wars. between the G erlnan ~ 90 !
ttSlaviiEsr resulted insso naal Of ths8la E
ter being furnished for the market
that from there is derived the word
"slave. a An attempt was then made
stopthis odious tsa4B 4ieFf II man atat y Y
out.of philanthrophy; rnior'any indiig
nation excited by the traffic. in men,
but to prevent the extention OF the
Chsistiansreligio which was spread
rapid lhrodgh this traffic
hhnslf TAI thesaslapss faffic has been
confined principally to the. civilized
and enlightened people until the
Lclosessof the &fteeaSh century; when when
Eunder the leadership Of Columbus,
the West India islands, and soon the
American continent were discovered,
1.-THE enslavement Of savages was for:
mally established by the enslave.
mentsof these natives, whom:sgtthey
called Indians. s,.ntt;s3gg1eat number p,l 2l'e OF
them were taken TO- Spain, ssbuts were
! ! BY the order Of tie humane queen
Isabella, soon released, and returned
to their native land, I, IL. 4 ( !, / -,
tt Attempts were then i made to eslllg
slave the Indians in their own coun
tttry, but, though some Of the Spanish
iffdnatiics roameel
can continent in search of,. fabled
treasure, succeeded / iin compelling
them to transport their baggage, It
was on the whole a failure and tend
ed principally to kindle their wrath
toword the white men, + /. +. I.1. 54a,
The;Spahiards and French having
now opened the way, II was!stime for
the English Ito try their fortune
Accordingly in 1907 company Of
adventures fitted outs an expedition
and crossing the sea-, landed near the
mouthsof the James river. Thirteen
years later others folk settling
further north; near Plymouth. Their
object was to escape persecution for
conscience sake, and the expressions
Of a hereditary government. The
object of the former was principally
wealth, and, having found: that it
could not be obtained without labor,
being themselves unused. to- labor;
were feign: to accept the offer Of ne
groes. to do their work: In 1920
twenty were purchased and employed
| in the cultivation of, tobacco and COT
ton, which was begun the. following
year. This being found profitable,
the demand for alien, colored men be-
came so great and the traffic beca me
50. great that the trade il negroes
soon became a legitimate branch Of
commerce The aunscrupulousb sla i've
traders visited the coasts Of, Africa
and Islands of the Pacific, taking the
ignorant natives from their homes to
| the southern English colonies and
those of other nations, where TO. the
shame and insult Of humanity, they
were obliged to spend their lives bent
Funder the yoke and whip. Of the, free.
This cruelty y soon d called, forth the
Indignation Of the people Of the north
especially the Quakerss, but the
mother, country sas supporting h. the
traffic, it could not be 5abolished In
1776 a resolution was q passed. that no
more slaves should be- imported, lsbut
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