# Prayer for the oppressed

Author: Thome, James A. (James Armstrong), 1813-1873; Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70704

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Prayer+for+the+oppressed+Thome&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is a deep and growing conviction in the minds of the mass of mankind, that slavery violates the great laws of our nature; that it is contrary to the dictates of humanity; that it is essentially unjust, oppressive, and cruel; that it invades the rights of liberty with which the Author of our being has endowed all human beings; and that in all the forms in which it has ever existed, it has been impossible to guard it from what its friends and advocates would call _abuses_ of the system. It is a violation of the first sentiments expressed in our Declaration of Independence, and on which our fathers founded the vindication of their own conduct in an appeal to arms. It is at war with all...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prayer-for-the-oppressed-70704/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prayer-for-the-oppressed-70704/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prayer-for-the-oppressed-70704/chapters/3/index.md)