A History of Slavery and Its AbolitionHoulston & Stoneman, 1839 - 648 pagina's |
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Pagina 1
... never known ; And taught to pray a useless prayer , To blocks of wood and stone . I was not born a little Slave , To labour in the sun ; And wish I were but in the grave , And all my labour done . " These beautiful and simple lines have ...
... never known ; And taught to pray a useless prayer , To blocks of wood and stone . I was not born a little Slave , To labour in the sun ; And wish I were but in the grave , And all my labour done . " These beautiful and simple lines have ...
Pagina 7
... never been bound . A servant is subject to the will of his master , but on a very different footing from a slave . Be- fore he enters on his service , he enters into an engagement with his master , as to what work he is to perform , and ...
... never been bound . A servant is subject to the will of his master , but on a very different footing from a slave . Be- fore he enters on his service , he enters into an engagement with his master , as to what work he is to perform , and ...
Pagina 8
... never again meet each other . A slave - master can do all this just as freely as an English farmer can dispose of his horses , cows , sheep , and pigs . Perhaps rather more so ; for in England , a man who starves or ill uses his cattle ...
... never again meet each other . A slave - master can do all this just as freely as an English farmer can dispose of his horses , cows , sheep , and pigs . Perhaps rather more so ; for in England , a man who starves or ill uses his cattle ...
Pagina 12
... never account for the origin of slavery , which is one man usurping dominion over another for his own advan- tage , and to the injury of the person he oppresses . No. The origin of slavery can be found no where but in human depravity ...
... never account for the origin of slavery , which is one man usurping dominion over another for his own advan- tage , and to the injury of the person he oppresses . No. The origin of slavery can be found no where but in human depravity ...
Pagina 14
... law of God , which is in all ages the unchangeable rule of man's duty , requires every thing that is spiritually good in its highest perfection , and never tolerates any thing wrong in the 14 SLAVERY ACKNOWLledged in SCRIPTURE .
... law of God , which is in all ages the unchangeable rule of man's duty , requires every thing that is spiritually good in its highest perfection , and never tolerates any thing wrong in the 14 SLAVERY ACKNOWLledged in SCRIPTURE .
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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...