Slave-holders

John Calhoun gave exactly the argument used here: Slave-holders have a right to have their ease left undisturbed by hate mail that my question the morality of their way of life.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Sotomayor Supported Censoring Biblical Verse on Homosexuality from New York City Billboard”: 2009

Slave-holders claimed that they were doing blacks a favor, civilizing them.

Archive 2007-06-01 Steven Barnes 2007

Slave-holders claimed that they were doing blacks a favor, civilizing them.

The Sopranos Steven Barnes 2007

Slave-holders are only share-holders; and philanthropists should never talk of liberating slaves, more than cancelling public securities, without being prepared to indemnify those persons who unfortunately have their capital invested in this species of property.

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America

From the day the Government put arms into the hands of Negro soldiers to the last hour of the Slave-holders 'Rebellion they rendered effective aid in suppressing the rebellion and in saving the Union.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Slave-holders often said that he knew too much, and thought he was a damage to their slaves.

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

American Slave-holders feel me, Yeas I would make them tremble when I spoke, and when I take my Pen in hand their knees smote together.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

Slave-holders were alarmed at its wonderful success, because they saw the grand part it was playing in creating that "public opinion of the civilized world" which Mr. Webster had declared to be "the mightiest power on earth."

Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 George W. Julian

[EXTRACT.] _Believes in praying for the Slave -- but thinks "fire and sword" would be more effective with Slave-holders_.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

Slave-holders and sheriffs from the Southern States were permitted to hunt fugitive slaves under the Union flag and within the lines of Federal camps.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams