...slavery. For example, long before the book of Leviticus was written, we are told in the book of Exodus, "And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death" (Exodus 21:16). The people of Israel knew too well that they ought to treat other fellow Israelites...

...25-26. 90 Sewall, Selling o/ Joseph, 9; Woolman, Considerations, 76-77; Benezet, Observations, 10. "And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death" (Exod. 21:16). 91 On antislavery "Bible politics," see Mailloux, Reception, 75-102. g2 Holthouse, New...

...Lev. 20:9: "And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death." Ex. 21:16: "And he that stealeth a man and selleth him or if...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." Ex. 21:28-29: If an ox gores someone to death then the ox shall be killed by stoning. Perhaps the point...

...instance, what would become some abolitionists' favorite line from the Jewish Scripture, Exodus 21.16: "He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." This has to do with the kidnapping of a free man, not with the acquiring or selling of a man already...

...found sanction for their punishment of slave catchers in Old Testament scripture, quoting Exodus 21:16: "He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." The killings of proslavery men represented an aggressive turn in the jayhawkers' ideological war on...