 | 1856 - 520 pages
...cattle ; they aro called " stock." So when tho children of slaves are spoken of prospoctively, they aro called their " increase," the same term that is applied to flocks and herds ; so tho female slaves that are mothers are called •' breeders," till past child-bearing ; nnd often the... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
...slaveholders, their laws, their usages, and their entire treatment of their slaves fully establish this. The same terms are applied to slaves that are given...stock." So when the children of slaves are spoken of prospcctively, they arc called their " increase ;" the same term that is applied to flocks and herds.... | |
 | American Anti-Slavery Society - Enslaved persons - 1839 - 236 pages
...slaveholders, their laws, their usages, and their entire treatment of their slaves fully establish this. The same terms are applied to slaves that are given...that are mothers, are called "breeders" till past child bearing; and often the same terms are applied to the different sexes that are applied to the... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Weld - Enslaved persons - 1839 - 236 pages
...slaveholders, their laws, their usages, and their entire treatment of their slaves fully establish this. The same terms are applied to slaves that are given...stock." So when the children of slaves are spoken of prospeetively, they are called their " increase ;" the same term that is applied to flocks and herds.... | |
 | William L. Andrews - Literary Collections - 2003 - 436 pages
...of theit slaves fully esrablish this. The same rerms are applied to slaves that are given to cartle. They are called 'stock.' So, when the children of slaves are spoken of proSOJOURNER TRUTH spectively, they are called theit 'inctease;' the same rerm that is applied to flocks... | |
 | Alisse Portnoy - History - 2005 - 318 pages
...how pervasively the concept of slave as property had infiltrated the belief systems of slaveholders: The same terms are applied to slaves that are given...that are mothers, are called "breeders" till past child bearing . . . when moved from one part of the country to another, they are herded in droves like... | |
 | Steven Deyle - History - 2005 - 411 pages
...sold on the same auction blocks and that identical terminology was used for both. Weld observed that "the same terms are applied to slaves that are given...the same term that is applied to flocks and herds," and "the female slaves that are mothers, are called 'breeders' till past child bearing." Most abolitionists... | |
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So when the children of slaves are spoken of prospectively, they are called their " increase ;" the same term that is applied to flocks and herds. So the female slaves that are mothers, are called "breeders... 