...Declaration, as it came from the hand of Jefferson, it is alleged that Great Britain had " waged a cruel war against human nature itself, violating its...life and liberty in the persons of a distant people, carrying them into slavery, * * determined to keep up a market where MEN should be bought and sold,"—thus...

...allegiance to the King of England, the Declaration continued, in Jefferson's nervous style : " He [the king] has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating...its most sacred rights of life and liberty, in the person of a distant people who never offended him ; captivating and carrying them into slavery, in...

...allegiance to the king of England, the Declaration continued in Jefferson's nervous style : " He [the king] has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of lijc and liberty, in the person of a distant people who never offended him ; captivating and carrying...

...JEFFERSON, AND BED BY SOUTHERN INFLUENCE. He hag waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating iti most sacred rights of life and liberty, in the persons of a distant people who never offended him ; capturing and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their...

...Africans and holding them as slaves forever, — waging perpetual " war against human nature itself, and violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons" of black men, and " keeping open a market in which men shall be bought and sold " — is oppression. In...

...the Declaration was to charge all the grievances complained of directly upon the King of England. " He has waged cruel war against human nature itself,...persons of a distant people, who never offended him, captivating1 and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to more miserable death in their...

...abolishing slavery in her islands will not be « It was in these words : •• He (the King of England) has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating...sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of а distant people, who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere,...

...treasonable insurrections of our fellow.citizens, with the allurements of forfeiture and confiscation of our property. He has waged cruel war against human...its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the per. •ons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery...

...draft of the Declaration of Independence, and which reads as follows : " He (the King of Great Britain) has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liherty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into...

...prepared by Mr. Jefferson, this crime of King George the Third is set forth in the following words : " He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights oflife and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying...