Appeal to the Christian women of the South

But after all, it may be said, our fathers were certainly mistaken, for the Bible sanctions Slavery, and that is the highest authority. Now the Bible is my ultimate appeal in all matters of faith and practice, and it is to this test I am anxious to bring the subject at issue between us. Let us then begin with Adam and examine the charter of privileges which was given to him. «Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.»