 | James Watson Webb - 1856 - 112 pages
...leave to the advocates of Slavery-extension, the task of explaining it away. Mr. Jefferson says : — " The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual...unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. * * * With the morals of the people, their industry also is destroyed. Indeed,... | |
 | 1856 - 88 pages
...might be extended for the relief of tween master and slave is a perpetual exer- their slaves. cise of the most boisterous passions ; the most unremitting...degrading submission on the other. Our children see this, learn to imitate it; for man ia an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him.... | |
 | Seymour Bernard Sarason - 2002 - 305 pages
...be an unhappy influence on the manners of our people produced by the existence of slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual...the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting depotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this and learn to... | |
 | John Hope Franklin - 2002 - 340 pages
...1782. In his Notes on Virginia he observed that the whole relationship between master and slave was "a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions,...unremitting despotism on the one part; and degrading submissions on the other." Even worse, the slaveowner's child imitates it. Seeing the parent storm,... | |
 | Stephen E. Ambrose - 2002 - 289 pages
...his only book, Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson's chapter on slavery includes this passage: "The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous pasTO AMERICA 3 sions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on... | |
 | James L. Golden, Professor Emeritus James L Golden, Alan L. Golden - 2002 - 562 pages
...passions," revealing "unremitting despotism," and "degrading submissions. . . ." To make matters worse, "our children see this, and learn to imitate it ... for man is an imitative animal." When parents become excessively angry causing a loss of self-control when dealing with their slaves,... | |
 | Mason I. Lowance - 572 pages
...be an unhappy influence on the manners of our people, produced by the existence of Slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual...other; our children see this, and learn to imitate it. ... The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2003 - 276 pages
...he is to be removed beyond the reach of mixture. 1782 Notes on the State of Virginia. (WTJ III, 250) The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual...unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal.... | |
 | Milton Meltzer - 2003 - 156 pages
...be an unhappy influence on the manners of our people produced by the existence of slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual...unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this and learn to imitate it ... The parent storms, the... | |
 | Bruce Dain - 2002 - 350 pages
...owning slaves brutalized whites, with every white child absorbing the spirit of tyranny from the crib: "The whole commerce between master and slave is a...unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other . . . The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved... | |
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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. 
