 They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations ; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was...  The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 270by Charles Sumner - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Gustavus Myers - 1912 - 832 pages
...regarded " as so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect ; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit." 58 According to Taney and his concurring associates this was a fixed, unchangeable condition subject... | |
 | William Jay Gaynor - 1913 - 330 pages
...relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced...and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it." And he adds: " And in no nation was this opinion more firmly fixed or more uniformly acted upon than... | |
 | 1913 - 1284 pages
...relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect: and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced...of merchandise and traffic whenever a profit could l>e made by it. This opinion was at that time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white... | |
 | 1913 - 1290 pages
...relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect: and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He w:is bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic whenever a profit... | |
 | Daniel Wait Howe - 1914 - 696 pages
...relations, and so far inferior that they had no legal rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced...to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic whenever a profit could be made of it." This language... | |
 | John C. Anderson - 2010 - 253 pages
...relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced...and universal in the civilized portion of the white rare. It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, which no one thought of disputing,... | |
 | G. John M. Abbarno - 1999 - 280 pages
...relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced...and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it. Chief Justice Taney goes on to note that "no distinction in this respect was made between the free... | |
 | Madeleine Mercedes Plasencia - 1999 - 378 pages
...relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights uhich the white man was hound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. ... It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, which no one thought of disputing,... | |
 | David A. J. Richards - 1999 - 247 pages
...relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.... It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, which no one thought of disputing, or... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 1999 - 212 pages
...order . . . and so far inferior, that they had no rights which white men were bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. These are the decisive words in Taney 's opinion — ignored by Bork. They justified Taney, in his... | |
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