A History of Slavery and Its AbolitionHoulston & Stoneman, 1839 - 648 pagina's |
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Pagina ix
... meeting - Brougham - Discussion ir Parliament - Meetings in Ireland - Accession of King William - Attempts of pro - slavery advocates - Anti- - slavery lectures - Meeting at Bath , at Bristol CONTENTS . ix.
... meeting - Brougham - Discussion ir Parliament - Meetings in Ireland - Accession of King William - Attempts of pro - slavery advocates - Anti- - slavery lectures - Meeting at Bath , at Bristol CONTENTS . ix.
Pagina x
... meeting - Meeting of delegates - Memorial - Mr . Stan- ley's plan for emancipation - Objections - Simultaneous feeling - West Indian sentiments - House of Lords- Compensation and Apprenticeship - Death of Wilber- force - Passing of the ...
... meeting - Meeting of delegates - Memorial - Mr . Stan- ley's plan for emancipation - Objections - Simultaneous feeling - West Indian sentiments - House of Lords- Compensation and Apprenticeship - Death of Wilber- force - Passing of the ...
Pagina 94
... meeting with more gentle treatment than they had before experienced ; but thousands of them perished in their marches through the forests of Germany and Scythia . At length the barbarians , instead of farther ravaging the Roman ...
... meeting with more gentle treatment than they had before experienced ; but thousands of them perished in their marches through the forests of Germany and Scythia . At length the barbarians , instead of farther ravaging the Roman ...
Pagina 160
... meeting in his own house , at one of which eighty negroes were present , and thirty at the other . In 1630 , this persecuting spirit was carried still further , and all meetings of the society were prohibited altogether . In the Island ...
... meeting in his own house , at one of which eighty negroes were present , and thirty at the other . In 1630 , this persecuting spirit was carried still further , and all meetings of the society were prohibited altogether . In the Island ...
Pagina 175
... meeting in London , passed a general resolution , " That the importing of negroes from their native country by Friends is not a commendable nor allowed practice , and is therefore censured by this meeting . " At several subsequent meetings ...
... meeting in London , passed a general resolution , " That the importing of negroes from their native country by Friends is not a commendable nor allowed practice , and is therefore censured by this meeting . " At several subsequent meetings ...
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Africa afterwards Anthony Benezet appeared apprentice apprenticeship attention baptist Barbadoes benevolent Berbice bill blessing bondage born brethren British brought called captain captives cause chapel christian church Clarkson colonies committee compelled condition cruel cruelty death Demerara duty emancipation employed engaged England enslaved evidence evil excited facts favour feelings freedom friends friends of humanity gospel Granville Sharp honour hope house of commons humanity inflicted inhabitants injured instances interest island Jamaica justice justly king Knibb labour land liberal liberty Lord Lord Brougham magistrates master measure meeting ment mind ministers missionaries Montego Bay nation native negroes noble object obtained occasion oppression parliament persecution persons petition planters possessed principles promote proprietors proved punishment religion religious Roman sentiments servants slave-trade slaves society sold spirit suffered thing Thomas Clarkson tion trade traffic villein West Indian West Indies Wilberforce William Dillwyn
Populaire passages
Pagina 537 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Pagina 194 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple Nature to his hope has...
Pagina 101 - Princes shall come out of Egypt ; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Pagina 65 - How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Pagina 582 - God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have everlasting life.
Pagina 51 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife* and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Pagina 537 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Pagina 213 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Pagina 56 - BLOW ye the trumpet, — blow ! — The gladly solemn sound ; — ' Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, — The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners ! home.
Pagina 115 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast: Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...