Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2012-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 82 Bowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll) 1819 1909 Slavery and the Constitution Produced by David E. Brown, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Slavery and the Constitution" by William I. Bowditch is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The text examines the complex relationship between the institution of slavery in the United States and the principles enshrined in the Constitution. Bowditch critiques the justifications employed by proponents of slavery, particularly as they relate to morality, religion, and law, while delineating the moral failings inherent in the institution of slavery itself. At the start of the book, Bowditch introduces the deeply entrenched views of slavery as divinely sanctioned, highlighting the role of influential religious leaders who supported the practice. He outlines the grim reality of nearly three million enslaved individuals in the Southern states who were held under a system sustained by both ignorance and the complicity of educated members of society. The opening chapters set the stage for a critical analysis of the moral and ethical implications of slavery, arguing that the system fundamentally violates the natural rights and dignity of individuals, regardless of their material conditions. Bowditch aims to articulate a strong moral opposition to slavery, arguing that it corrupts both the enslaved and the enslavers, as well as underlining the constitutional inconsistencies surrounding the acceptance of such a system. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slavery -- United States Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions E300 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 408187 408196 2024-09-16T10:06:04.418763 2023-09-17T05:08:34.874819 text/html text/html 410712 2012-01-30T12:44:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 137255 2012-01-30T12:44:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 200601 2024-09-16T10:06:12.195682 application/epub+zip 204119 2024-09-16T10:06:06.192686 application/epub+zip 204119 2024-09-16T10:06:05.159688 application/epub+zip 381036 2024-09-16T10:06:16.357719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381334 2024-09-16T10:06:11.390690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375698 2022-09-17T16:09:15.093967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360659 360437 2024-09-16T10:06:03.210686 2023-09-17T05:08:34.047820 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 360598 2012-01-30T12:44:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130908 2012-01-30T12:44:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 360624 2012-01-30T12:44:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130889 2012-01-30T12:44:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20302 2024-09-16T10:06:16.508639 application/rdf+xml 12935 2024-09-16T10:06:05.527692 image/jpeg 3040 2024-09-16T10:06:05.344717 image/jpeg 196424 2024-09-16T10:06:04.451732 application/octet-stream application/zip