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This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including historical, philosophical and biblical arguments. It is broken into 3 chapters: Expediency, Justice, and Sacred Scriptures (although it has Scripture references peppered throughout). Burleigh frequently references and argues against George B. Cheever, a prominent death penalty advocate of the time.
"If it shall thus be the means of helping on in a humble way the progress of that humane reform whose principles it advocates; and of hastening, however little, the coming of that time, when the penal statutes of a "christian" and "civilized people," shall have ceased to be written in blood, I shall be richly repaid for the time and labor spent upon this task." (Summary by TriciaG and from the preface)
| # | Chapter Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 2:40 |
| 2 | | 20:00 |
| 3 | | 26:13 |
| 4 | | 20:46 |
| 5 | | 25:52 |
| 6 | | 23:55 |
| 7 | | 21:35 |
| 8 | | 34:30 |
| 9 | | 17:22 |
| 10 | | 20:53 |
| 11 | | 38:21 |
| 12 | | 29:20 |
| 13 | | 22:21 |
| 14 | | 14:36 |
| 15 | | 19:47 |
| 16 | | 23:29 |
| 17 | | 20:42 |
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