1856: Article by Robert Owen on Slavery
An article by Robert Owen, published in 1856 in his Millennial Gazette SLAVERY is a grave offence against the slave, his owner, society, and the pure and undefiled religion of love and charity, taught by Christ, but not yet in practice by his professed disciples. The infant slave at birth possesses all the divine qualities of humanity fresh from his Creator, and of every shade of colour, is capable of being made a good and valuable citizen of the world. These infants are capable of being so placed, trained, educated, and employed, by a new combination of rational surroundings, that they may be made to become at maturity far more valuable and much better members of society than any citizen now living in any country. Better and of more value, because all of every country have been to this day mis-placed, mis-trained, mis-educated, mis-employed, and mis-governed, and in consequence have been forced to become far more inferior, and of much less value to society, than all of humankin...