If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his property interest in him; but if he carries his slave into a free State, the law makes him free.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.
If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute force. One person beats another until the latter will obey him, work for him, if he require it, or do nothing if he require it.
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
Free men have arms; slaves do not.
If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.
See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.