Excerpt from Letters to Catherine E. Beecher: In Reply to an Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, Addressed to A. E. Grimke If every Slave has a right to freedom, then surely the man who withholds that right from him to-day is a man-stealer, though he may not be the first person who has robbed him of it. Hence we find that Wes ley says - J Men-buyers are exactly on a level with men-stealers.' And again Much less is it possible that any child of man should ever be born a slave.' Hear also Jonathan Edwards - 4 To hold a man in a state of slavery, is to be every day guilty of robbing him of his liberty, or of man-stealing.' 'and Groti us says Those are men-stealers who abduct, keep, sell or buy slaves or freemen.' 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.