you are all one in Christ Jesus." Wherever , Christian doctrines prevailed, slaves, for tbe I I Brst tlrtle, learned that, Ihongh they were tin * fortunate; though blytb, pwverty, or tho re verses of war, had condemned them to misfor tune, they were at least acknowledged as men and brethren, and that between them and I , their masters there was a reciprocity of rights i i and obligations. This was the germ which