The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-28

"A Historr Of slavery IN yssEinis" which
Il a singuissiy valuable cortrihption 70
the literature Of the Old Dcninicn- Its
especially valuable because Il les ces1,
nfrsszsionai discussion Of = sstlecf hovet
Which. a. related 10 the coarse Of Virgin
ia In tha past, there hiss been strenuous
debate even to the last resort. BY the
citation OF tnnumerabie fscf. Or. BailaSht
demonstrates that slavery Ia virginia. IN
fact in all Ameriae, was natural deFei-
apmeut Ike sny ether social institution
and YES mot the wicked ccntrivsnce OF
anr particular SET Of people" The book
. l. a iuli and satisfactory explanation Of
the presence OF slavery In this State, u
shows incidentally that the hstetni hest-
/ ness vas thrust upon unwilling ancestors
by British and Yankee greed Tor gam. ana
that our peculiar Institution vas admins
tered In the kindi.est ena most human
/ manner possible. :
tis written very carefully and cleafls
/ in excellent historical style IL h ditid- Z
Cd into but three chapters. called slave &
Trade and Slave Population. Develop a
ment Of Slavery,' showing the legal ana ,
the social status Of the slave. ana -han-
omission Emancipation. aud the Free
Man" with voiuminous autobiography
The author sketches the general his
tory Of slavery from its earliest historical
/ mention iu the extaut records OF Baby
Iona. Egypt. Assyria. fhcenicla, Greece
aud some, is introduction into Europe
by the Moors. its development 10y Prince
Henri, % Portugal in the first half Of the
sixteenth century. With the opening up
OF the American field. the slave traihc
rapidir deVcloucd until iortagcse, span
Iish. English. French. Dutch, and Danish ]
.hins were engaged ia the trade, and View /
England and other English colonies we're I
thriving upon a.. tn fact. "ai civilized
/ nations Of any extent in commerce we're 4
Al H. O an.A Ia De- d.
or in ihe trade and the last 20 abandon it
was Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth was the hrst English
monarch 60 couutcnaucc The business "nN
her patents we're renewed hv Charlc- -
whose mouopohs we've continued un'h
their abolition under William and Mary
onrncd the trade 60 the whole nation.
Then the British colonies we're hooded
with negroes bought or stolen from thef
- native shores aud sold into slavery hy amy
irresponsible "hlackhir-cr who t"N'n
get a shin. acrc he merchantmen, niacA -
guard. buccanuccr, or pirate lnc het-
mudaa and the Harhadnes were tiicd "'n
n- them, and the trade crcpt up ihe coast
$50 from the Caruiiuas fn Nassac nurctt-.
IDS Really the hrst African -lftc iutrolucrd
.rs into America was landed 90 Jnmcsto0 OBJ
al- hv tle Treasurer in 1919, aud -npiN '
D siferfhia o. Dutch flrate. manned chfci -
- ft with Enrnsh. a. causori ui the Ife'-''
an CO.. touched a. so"e-''" r.,i.t.
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