Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Lawrence M. Keitt, of South Carolina, on Slavery, and the Resources of the South: Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 15, 1857
In its very beginning slavery ?owed from absolute authority of the father; but when it formally instituted and organized, new seu were opened to its existence. Capture in incur sions and wars; the claim of asylum ln another man's house; the inability to meet obligations and debts; actual want, in' 'many cases amounting to starvation, became additional sources of direct er indirect slavery in the sequel of time.
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