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“Sims was undistinguished…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 86.
“His professors were old…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 83.
“…much of his time doodling…”
The image of Sims’s doodlings comes from an original copy of his shared textbook, held at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.
“He made sure to see Theresa…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 178.
“He made friends.…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, pp. 100, 107.
“…debates of the Euphradian Society.”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 106.
“Slavery was simply honest capitalism…”
Thornwell’s argument is derived from a sermon he delivered in 1850 entitled “The Rights and Duties of Masters.” I am assuming here that Thornwell’s views on slavery would not have changed much in the years after his school days. The “slavery question” was being hotly debated during these decades.
Although Thornwell does not explicitly use the phrase “honest capitalism,” several passages from his sermon all lead in that direction.
Thornwell, J. H. (1850). The Rights and Duties of Masters: A sermon, etc. Charleston, SC, pp. 26, 35.
“…maligned as cruel…”
Thornwell will never settle for five words when fifty will do.
Thornwell, J. H. (1850). The Rights and Duties of Masters: A sermon, etc. Charleston, SC, p. 7.
“…the future service…”
Thornwell, J. H. (1850). The Rights and Duties of Masters: A sermon, etc. Charleston, SC, pp. 43-44.
“…degraded in life…”
This is the horrible crux of Thornwell’s duplicitous argument.
Thornwell, J. H. (1850). The Rights and Duties of Masters: A sermon, etc. Charleston, SC, p. 44.