The slave trade is contrary to the laws of God and to the rights of men.

David Hartley (the Younger)

More information about this quote

Topic

Slave trade Slavery Human rights Natural law

Speaker

David Hartley (the Younger)

Source

A Memoir of Granville Sharp

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Harley, David. Speech before the House of Commons. 1776, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by David Hartley (the Younger) about slave trade: “The slave trade is contrary to the laws of God and to the rights…”
Download
A quote by David Hartley (the Younger) about slave trade: “The slave trade is contrary to the laws of God and to the rights…”
Download
A quote by David Hartley (the Younger) about slave trade: “The slave trade is contrary to the laws of God and to the rights…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1770s

The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.

Thomas Paine

Common Sense

Buy Common Sense at Amazon Buy Common Sense at Amazon
Read Common Sense at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
America

Author

Thomas Paine
Source
Common Sense
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Paine, Thomas [published anonymously]. Common Sense. Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Common Sense." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009, introduction.

Another quote about Slavery

Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."

Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

Buy a book containing this speech at Amazon Buy a book containing this speech at Amazon
Read this speech at UVA's Miller Center website
More information about this quote
Topic
American Civil War God's will Slavery American politics God and America
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Source
Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

Another quote from 1776

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Declaration of Independence

Read The Declaration of Independence at the National Archives website
More information about this quote
Topic
Declaration of Independence American politics
Source
Declaration of Independence
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

United States Declaration of Independence. 1776.

Current Citation

The National Archives. The Declaration of Independence: A Transcript. 24 July 2020, www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript.

Another quote from Age of Enlightenment

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

Buy Pensées at Amazon Buy Pensées at Amazon
Read Pensees at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Reason and emotion Reason Emotions The heart

Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1662 1660s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 277.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 277.