J.H. Denison in his Emotions as the basis of Civilization wrote: In the fifth and sixth centuries, the civilized world stood on the verge of chaos.... it seemed that the great civilization which had taken four thousand years to construct was on the verge of disintegration... Civilization like a gigantic tree whose foliage had over-reached the world... stood tottering … rotted to the core.....
Hiyo mamlaka adhimu kama Sir William Blackstone aliamini kwamba kuhusu haki yoyote mmiliki wa mtumwa anaweza kupata uhalali kamili kwa ajili ya utumishi wa kuendelea wa John na Thomas (yaani watumwa waliobatizwa), watabaki katika hali ileile ya kutawaliwa maisha yote; hapa Uingereza au penginepo popote." 133.