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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 17: (search)
institution of its government moved with the caution which now marked the proceedings of Massachusetts. In February, 1779, the 1779. legislature of the year asked their constituents whether they desired a new form of government; and a large majority of the inhabitants of the towns voting in the affirmative, a convention of delegates was elected for the sole purpose of forming a constitution. On the first day of September, the convention thus chosen came together in the meeting-house of Cambridge. Their forefathers, in their zeal against the Roman superstition, had carried their reverence of the Bible even to idolatry; and some of them, like Luther, found in its letter a sanction for holding slaves. On the other hand, from principle and habit, they honored honest labor in all its forms. The inconsistencies of Chap. XVII.} 1779. bondage with the principle of American independence lay in the thoughts of those who led public opinion; voices against it had come from Essex, from Wo