ever been abandoned by God to the folly and wickedness of practically asserting the right of every negro slave to liberty, without regard to the probable effect of the liberty of the negro upon the welfare of the community? Does the Bible any where assert that all men have a right to liberty; or that slavery is always wrong; or that slaveholders are sinners merely because they are slaveholders; or that the governments instituted among men have no just powers except those derived from the consent of the governed ? Literary works A New System of Modern Geography (Boston, 1823), sold over half a million copies Premium Questions on Slavery (New York, 1860) North American Atlas Cerographic Maps, comprising the Whole Field of Ancient and Modern, including Sacred, Geography, Chronology, and History References External links 1844 map of Texas and 1856 map of Texas by Sidney E. Morse, hosted by the Portal to Texas History. 1794 births 1871 deaths 19th-century American inventors American people of English descent American geographers American male journalists Yale University alumni 19th-century American newspaper founders