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CHAPTER XII. C OERCED L ABOUR WITHOUT WAGES. T h e " l egal relation o f M aster a nd S l a v e , " being t he r elation o f an O wner to a C hattel, i s i ncompatible with t he n atural a nd H e a v e n sanctioned " r elation" o f L abour and W ages CHAPTER XIII. 150

P UNISHMENTS O F S LAVES B Y T H E OWNER A ND H I R E R . B e i n g t he a bsolute P roperty o f the O wner, t he S lave i s w holly i n his p ower, without any effectual restraint CHAPTER XIV. O F L AWS CONCERNING T H E MURDER A ND K ILLING O F S L A V E S . T h e s tructure o f t he L a w s and the condition o f t he Slaves render a dequate P rotection i mpossible CHAPTER XV. O F T H E D E L E G A T E D P OWER O F O VERSEERS, A l l t he p ower o f t he Owner over h is S lave i s h eld and exercised a lso b y O verseers and \ gents CHAPTER XVI. OF T H E P ROTECTION O F S L A V E P ROPERTY F ROM D A M A G E B Y A SSAULTS F ROM O THER PERSONS T H A N T H E I R OWNERS. S laves are better protected as Property t han they a re as Sentient Beinys 201 197 177 155

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F ACTS I LLUSTRATING T H E K IND A ND D E G R E E O F P ROTECTION TO S LAVES.

The Extent, the Atrocity, the Frequency, and the impunity of barbarous Outrages upon Slaves show that the Laws afford them little or no Protection CHAPTER F UGITIVES F ROM XVIII. SLAVERY.

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The Slave, being Property, may be hampered and eontined to prevent his escape; may be pursued and reclaimed; must not be aided or concealed from his Master; and when too wild or refractory to be used by his Owner, may be killed by him with impunity . . . .

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