Note 154 — LECTURE. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Sale's Koran, Chap. XXIV. Vol. II. p. 194.—The right of redemption was recognized by the Hindoo laws. (Halhed's Code, Chap. VIII. § 2.) It was unknown in the British West Indies while slavery existed there. (Stephen on West India Slavery, Vol. I. p. 378.) It is also unknown in the Slave States of our country.