God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?
Representative from Virginia
Samuel M. S. Hopkins (1772–1837) United States Representative from New York
Lightnin' Hopkins (Sam John Hopkins 1912–1982) blues guitarist.
