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from the Old and New Testaments by EW Warren 1864<br />

Bible Slaveholding not Sinful by HD Ganse 1856 (poor quality)<br />

Scriptural Researches on the Licitness of the Slave-trade by R Harris 1788<br />

White Supremacy and Negro Subordination; Or, Negroes a Subordinate Race,<br />

by John H. Van Evrie 1870<br />

Dr. Cartwright discovered an illness ("Drapetomania") peculiar to "negroes", which caused them<br />

to run away from their slave masters if the masters were too harsh or too kind. You can read the<br />

full text here aaa ., or an extract below.<br />

Extract from "Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race," by Dr. Cartwright<br />

De Bow's Review, Southern and Western States<br />

Volume XI, New Orleans, 1851, AMS Press, Inc. New York, 1967<br />

If the white man attempts to<br />

oppose the Deity's will, by trying<br />

to make the negro anything else<br />

than "the submissive kneebender,"<br />

(which the Almighty<br />

declared he should be,) by<br />

trying to raise him to a level with<br />

himself, or by putting himself on<br />

an equality with the negro; or if<br />

he abuses the power which<br />

God has given him over his<br />

fellow-man, by being cruel to<br />

him, or punishing him in anger,<br />

or by neglecting to protect him<br />

from the wanton abuses of his<br />

fellow-servants and all others,<br />

or by denying him the usual<br />

comforts and necessaries of<br />

life, the negro will run away; but<br />

if he keeps him in the position<br />

that we learn from the<br />

Scriptures he was intended to<br />

occupy, that is, the position of<br />

submission; and if his master or<br />

overseer be kind and gracious<br />

in his hearing towards him,<br />

without condescension, and at<br />

the same time ministers to his<br />

physical wants, and protects<br />

him from abuses, the negro is spell-bound, and cannot run away.<br />

Escaped slaves in the US were hunted down by professional hunters using dogs.<br />

And here are a few interesting quotes, first from Rev. R. Furman, D.D., Baptist, of South Carolina:

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