Samuel Morse on Slavery

	My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning of the world for the wisest purposes, benevolent and disciplinary, by Divine Wisdom. The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler. —Samuel Morse (1791 - 1872) An Argument on the Ethical Position of Slavery.—
	Samuel Morse, co-inventor (with Alfred Vail) of the Morse Code United States Inventor;	Apr 27, 1791 Taurus : Metal Boar Slavery;