...nobody now thinks of punishing with death. Another statute of the same code, was, He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hands, shall surely be put to death : a law which we believe is laid aside in some parts of our country,...

...named a corresponding member of the French 1 It is declared in the Holy Scriptures, " He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hands, he shall surely be put to death." — Exod. xxi. 16. a2 Academy of Sciences, on account of his...

...forbid that we should set anything above the sovereign, solemn, eternal truth." " He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hands, he shall surely be put to death." It is true that the Jews say, this only alludes to stealing,...

...men of it, were to be punished in like manner as if they had murdered them. " And he that slealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." Exodus xxi. 16. This part of the law was so considerable, that Paul the learned...

...portion concerning maidservants. 2. Concerning Stealing a Man Exodus 21:16 says, "He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." We have pointed out that this ordinance is inserted between two verses which...

...and Nature (np 1733, reprinted in New Bedford, 1825), 19. Exodus 21:16 reads, "And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." 6. Theopolis Americana.... 21-22. Mather quotes from Richard and Baxter's...

...again and again on Scriptural injunctions against human slavery, on Exodus i1:16: "And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." And Deuteronomy 24:7: "If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the...

...and educated in the truths of the Bible. Then Day quoted them Exodus 21:16 — "And he that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." Day was lashed for his choice of scripture, of course, and he was told that...

...It was written in characters of light across the gateway of the old Mosaic system, "He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." That is the only place in the Scriptures where the matter of chattel Slavery...

...16, was an example of the Christian ideals Vesey and his followers had in mind: "[H]e that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." Frank, a black citizen of Charleston, told of a meeting with the rebel leader:...