A Letter to the Clergy of Various Denominations: And to the Slave-Holding Planters, in the Southern Parts of the United States of America (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Clarkson, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331829941 ISBN 13: 9781331829942

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Letter to the Clergy of Various Denominations: And to the Slave-Holding Planters, in the Southern Parts of the United States of America Gentlemen, Ministers of the Gospel of Christ! I address myself to you, first, because you are the professed teachers of the people among whom you live, - because they, the people, look up to you as lights set upon a hill for religious instruction and example - and because your opinions and conduct, must have great weight in giving a tone to morals in the different congregations over which you preside. I must now inform you, that for fifty-six years I have entertained an unceasing hostility against slavery, and that I have acted accordingly, and this in the most public manner. It may be supposed, therefore, that in thus addressing myself to you, I should not use the most courteous language; but be assured, that though I shall speak to you with a becoming boldness, I shall studiously avoid, as far as I can, everything which would hurt your feelings; and if I should be betrayed into the use of words, apparently harsh on this occasion, through an excessive warmth of feeling on the subject, I do not intend to be unkind to individuals themselves, but to express my abhorrence of the opinions which they hold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331829941
• ISBN 13: 9781331829942
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68