 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 554 pages
...MIDDLE AGES. In every age and country, until times comparatively recent, per- CHAP; PART II. sonal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large,...the spirit of freedom in Greece and Rome, when the importu- SYSTEM. nate recollection occurs to us, of the tasks which might be enjoined, *>/*« vUand... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1819 - 574 pages
...were, in the world. " In every age and country," says Hallam, in his History of the Middle Ages, " until times comparatively recent, personal servitude...the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion of our species. We lose a good deal of our sympathy with the spirit of freedom in Greece and Rome, when... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1822 - 624 pages
...mother, is himself free, SYSTEM. an d nas f ree power to do any thing that is lawful." Sfrfs or vii- In every age and country, until times comparatively...the punishments which might be inflicted, without controul either of law or opinion, by the keenest patriot of the Comitia, or the Council of Five Thousand.... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...Empire in the West, slaves constituted the most numerous class of society.* Hallam remarks, that " in every age and country, until times comparatively...a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankind.'' The people of Europe had engaged in the traffic of negro slaves some time before the discovery of America.... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1837 - 580 pages
...has free power to do any thing that is FEUDAL * /> iv SYSTEM, lawful. Serb or rii- jn every age anc| country, until times comparatively recent, personal...the punishments which might be inflicted, without controul either of law or opinion, by the keenest patriot of the Comitia, or the Council of Five Thousand.... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 610 pages
...whoever is born of a free mother is himself free, and has free power to do anything- that is lawful." In every age and country, until times comparatively...recent, personal servitude appears to have been the s,,tfim lot of a large, perhaps the greater, portion of man- villein«kind. We lose a good deal of... | |
 | 1851 - 770 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* "And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Hallam, " personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion, of mankind."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by Divine authority, among even the elect of Heaven—... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1851 - 760 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* "And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Hallam, " personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion, of mankind."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by Divine authority, among even the elect of Heaven... | |
 | None - 1852 - 492 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* " And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Halwlam, "personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankincl."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by divine authority, among even the elect of heaven,... | |
 | 1852 - 506 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* " And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Hallam, "personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankind."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by divine authority, among even the elect of heaven,... | |
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In every age and country, until times comparatively recent, personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater, portion of mankind. We lose a good deal of our sympathy with the spirit of freedom in Greece and Rome, when the... 
