But suppose I were not free, what would you be willing to take to manumit me?
While he was gone, Friend Hopper negotiated with the master, who, finding there was little chance of regaining his slave, agreed to manumit him for one hundred and fifty dollars.
The master, being unable to ascertain where his slave could be found, finally informed Friend Hopper that he would manumit him on the receipt of one hundred and fifty dollars.
Hopper and offered to manumit her for four hundred dollars.
Mr. Darg testified of himself during the trial, that he never intended to manumit Thomas, and had made the promise merely as a means of obtaining his money.
Friend Hopper cherished some hope that this preaching and praying slaveholder would eventually manumithis bondmen; but I had listened to his conversation, and I thought otherwise.
Friend Hopper opened a negotiation with them in behalf of the Abolition Society, and they finally consented to manumit them all for seven hundred dollars.
At an early period, it became an established rule of discipline for the Society to disown any member, who refused to manumit his bondmen.
The first step was to write to Mr. McCalmont to ascertain what were the lowest terms on which he would manumit his slave.
The lawyer replied, "When he agreed to manumit the man for one hundred and fifty dollars, he expected these suits would be dismissed, of course, as a part of the bargain.
These friendly remonstrances produced such effect, that the master agreed to manumit his bondman, and give a written obligation that he should be comfortably supported during the remainder of his life, by him or his heirs.
Should any be found in our society who hold slaves, they cannot continue as members unless they do personally manumit or set free such slaves.
This paragraph answers the question which has sometimes been asked, with an unfriendly spirit, "Why did not Washington manumit his slaves during his lifetime?
But admitting that Congress had authority to manumit the slaves in America, and were disposed to exercise it, would the Southern States acquiesce in such a measure without a struggle?
The master, who consented to manumit the slave, presented him to the bishop, in presence of the congregation, and the bishop pronounced him free, and became the guardian of his freedom.
If any person shall manumit his servant at the altar, let him be free, and capable of enjoying inheritance and weregild, and let it be lawful for him to dwell where he pleases without limit.
But now it seems that Mr. Royal bought her of her father; and he, good, easy man, neglected to manumit her.
I have entreated him, for the sake of our unborn child, to manumit me, and he has promised to do it.
By some unaccountable carelessness, he neglected to manumit her.
He did manumit his daughters a few months before his decease; but it was decided that he was then too deeply in debt to have a right to dispose of any portion of his property.
I simply ask you now, as a gentleman who has it in his power to confer a great favor on an unprotected woman, whether you will manumit me.
Lucy her freedom forever and do hereby manumit her from my service, forever, &c.
Broadnax insisted that many owners "would manumit their slaves if means for their removal were furnished by the state, but who could not if the additional burden of removal were placed upon them.
When I behold the Southern country, and am convinced that it is impossible to manumit the slaves, I conclude that here, at least, they are in their natural condition.
If, according to this precept of Christ, I am obliged to manumit my slaves, you are equally forced to purchase them.
Did it ever occur to her, that Northerners might go South, and buy a great many of these slaves, and manumit them?
All persons who do voluntarily manumit their slaves, as mentioned above, are undeniably actuated by principles of pure patriotism, justice and humanity; and so believing, we delight to do them honor.
The slave can oblige his master to manumit him, on tendering to him the sum for which he was first purchased, or the price for which he might be sold, if that price is higher than what the slave was worth at the time he was first bought[214].
The abundance of such holdings at New Orleans is evidenced by the multiplicity of applications from colored proprietors for authority to manumit slaves, with exemption from the legal requirement that the new freedmen must leave the state.
You ascribe to us "the purpose to manumit the three millions of negro slaves.
You may manumit the slave, but you cannot make him a white man.
I have alluded to the difficulties which are presented to the minds of benevolent and conscientious slaveholders, wishing to manumit their slaves.
M] The increase of the free colored population disturbs the security of the planters, and forces many to manumit their slaves through sheer terror.
In Louisiana, however, it being illegal to manumit a slave, those whom the abolitionists would set free, would not be considered free in the eye of the law.
Perhaps the person addressed was an inhabitant of Louisiana; where, if it is not directly contrary to law, to manumit a slave--the law refuses to recognize the act.
He begged that exception be made to the law of 1806 in the case of his wife and children so that he might feel at liberty to manumit them.
If we must manumitour slaves, what country shall we send them to?
Suppose the South should manumit their slaves, will the North receive and educate them?
Are they ignorant of the fact, that both masters and servants were admitted into the church of Christ, and that masters were required in no instance, so far as we know, to manumit their slaves?
It is, however, clearly his duty to educate and manumit such children; but what is the duty of the Northern man surrounded by a score of his illegitimate progeny?
They were not required so far as we know, in any instance, to manumit their slaves.
Now that provision was made for the freedmen the slaveholder felt at liberty to manumit his slaves.
Finley held that colonization would gradually reduce slavery, because provision being made for the emancipated slaves, masters would manumit them.
