Excerpt from The Chattel Principle the Abhorrence of Jesus Christ and the Apostles: Or No Refuge for American Slavery in the New Testament IS Jesus Christ in favor of American slavery? It is already widely felt and openly acknowledged at the South, that they cannot support slavery without sustaining the Opposition Of universal Christendom. And Thomas Jefferson declared, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice can not sleep forever that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events that it may become practicable by supernatural influences The Almighty has no attribute which can take sides with us in such a And must we prove, that Jesus Christ is not in favor of what universal Christendom is impelled to abhor, denounce, and Op pose; is not in favor of what everv attribute of Almighty God is ar med against? 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.