(says Gill) esteemed by the Jews to be like immoveable property, as fields, vineyards, &c., to inherit them for a possession as their property, like any thing else that was bequeathed to them, as negroes now are in our plantations abroad: they were to be their bond men for ever, and not to be released at the year of Jubilee."
The above is a true comment; for in every age the Jews, as well as the more ancient Hebrews, their ancestors, have reckoned their bond slaves as property; and thus every commentator, in every age and language, upon the Holy Scriptures, have determined, except of late, as in the persons of all abolitionists.
Respecting the opinions and speculations of some of these men, who are the leaders of the party, and agitators of the subject of negro emancipation in America, we give the following as their views of the meaning of the law of Moses, as it regards bond slaves.
See a series of pamphlets, entitled "The Bible against Slavery," 1838. This writer dashes boldly into the matter, and at once settles the subject for ever. Of this work, see a note, page 9, 4th edition, which reads as follows: " The Bible record of actions is no comment on their moral character. It vouches for them as mere facts, not as virtues. It records without rebuke, Noah's drunkenness. Lot's incest, and the lies of Jacob and his mother, not only single acts, but usages, such as polygamy and concubinage; all these are entered on the divine record without censure. Is that silent entry God's endorsement? Because the Bible, in its catalogue of human actions,
