Project Gutenberg 2008-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 429 Hoit, T. W. (True Worthy) 1815 Hoit, True Worthy The Right of American Slavery Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan's Making of America collection.) "The Right of American Slavery" by T. W. Hoit is a controversial treatise advocating for the institution of slavery, published in the tumultuous period leading up to the American Civil War during the early 1860s. This work presents itself as a philosophical justification for slavery based on a belief in the inferiority of the African race compared to European Americans. The author argues that slavery is a moral and civil necessity, asserting that it serves the greater good of civilization by protecting and uplifting those he views as inherently barbaric. In this book, Hoit outlines his views on the nature of African people, asserting they are "barbarians" who are thus suited for slavery. He draws on historical and contemporary examples to argue that civilizations have a right and obligation to dominate and "civilize" those he perceives as less capable. Throughout the work, he dismisses emancipation, regarding it as a moral error with catastrophic potential, forecasting ruin should society abandon the institution of slavery. Overall, Hoit's arguments reflect a deeply entrenched racist ideology that seeks to rationalize and defend slavery while warning against the dangers of social and political equality with African Americans. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Slavery -- United States Slavery -- Justification E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics Category: History - American Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 134344 2025-06-10T11:59:05.061860 text/html 132475 2021-01-03T13:45:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 48494 2021-01-03T13:45:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 127827 2025-06-10T11:59:11.771812 application/epub+zip 127534 2025-06-10T11:59:08.304832 application/epub+zip 116866 2025-06-10T11:59:06.991826 application/epub+zip 264716 2025-06-10T11:59:14.432791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253034 2025-06-10T11:59:10.916824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213756 2022-09-11T14:24:43.549307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119928 2025-06-10T11:59:04.678835 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119713 2021-01-03T13:45:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 45321 2021-01-03T13:45:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 119705 2021-01-03T13:45:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45299 2021-01-03T13:45:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20805 2025-06-10T11:59:14.584844 application/rdf+xml 15064 2025-06-10T11:59:07.545833 image/jpeg 3785 2025-06-10T11:59:07.266821 image/jpeg 120746 2025-06-10T11:59:05.074838 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog