44).

Our brother-servants, unfortunate Hebrews, get released in the jubilee year, except these poor creatures who were so unfortunate as to be married in slavery, and, not being willing to be divorced, had their ears fastened, with the ignominious 'awl,' to their master's door-post.

God could have ordained that they, with their wives and children, and we, with ours, should have release in the fiftieth year.

But, no! our bondage is forever, and so is theirs; and our children and their children are to be servants forever.

But we hold it to be a self-evident truth that all men are born free and equal, and have an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.