Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Slaves: A Poem; Written by Appointment of the Faculty of the Western Reserve College, for the Commencement, in 1831
The following poem was written by appointment of the Faculty of the W' estern Reserv e College, tor Commencement in 1831 - At a period when the subject of immediate emancipation was not dis cussed in the w est. It contains the views we have always had of the sinfulness of Slavery, and of the moral obligation resting upon slave holders to let the oppressed go free. It urges the duty ot those who claim to be the friends of humanity, or the friends of the Savior to aid, as well in relieving the slaveholder from the heart-petrif'ying in?uences of Slavery, as in relieving his victim from the thral dom of his task master. We publish the poem at this time to convince some of our friends who seem to think otherwise, that we look upon the whole system of Slavery now, just as we have alwar viewed it, with feelings of abhorrence.
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