Meanings of southern masters in English

But they also have progressed; and as the southern masters have called the institution blessed, they have called it accursed.

The scanty and superficial civilisation which the Britons had derived from their southern masters was effaced by the calamities of the fifth century.

For the sake of humanity we may trust there were few such fiends even among southern masters as this monster in human shape.

When Southern masters came north to recapture runaway slaves, Northern consciences were outraged.

Southern masters believe, that their only safety consists in keeping down the discontent of their servants.

Do Southern masters accord religious privileges and impart religious instruction equally to their slaves and their children?

However, the slaves saw little reason to believe that their Southern masters would follow the example of the Northerners in abolishing slavery.

In July, 1802, a man by the name of David Lea, went to Philadelphia to hunt up runaway slaves for their Southern masters.

My question is, Who shall decide when the Southern masters say, We are intolerably oppressed; we are under a yoke; 'break every yoke!'