Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, VirginiaA. T. Skillman, 1833 - 207 páginas |
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... lead some to think more seriously on the subject of slavery ; and that ultimately the good cause would be pro- moted by it . And however differently some things have fallen out from what I then anticipated , I still hope that it will ...
... lead some to think more seriously on the subject of slavery ; and that ultimately the good cause would be pro- moted by it . And however differently some things have fallen out from what I then anticipated , I still hope that it will ...
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... lead others to aid in measures for improving the condition of that oppressed people ; and on that ground only is charged with undue zeal and im- prudence , -ought , perhaps , to let it pass , and thank God that he has got along so well ...
... lead others to aid in measures for improving the condition of that oppressed people ; and on that ground only is charged with undue zeal and im- prudence , -ought , perhaps , to let it pass , and thank God that he has got along so well ...
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... lead in the matter , to address the meeting on the sub- ject ; and finding in one case more ardour on the subject of emancipation , and more disposition to connect that with the plan of colonizing than I thought advisable , I dissuaded ...
... lead in the matter , to address the meeting on the sub- ject ; and finding in one case more ardour on the subject of emancipation , and more disposition to connect that with the plan of colonizing than I thought advisable , I dissuaded ...
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... lead to evils of a most serious kind ; and , therefore , can hardly help feeling as if their safety and peace were trifled with , by persons that talk , and especially write and publish against slavery . They feel more or less , the ...
... lead to evils of a most serious kind ; and , therefore , can hardly help feeling as if their safety and peace were trifled with , by persons that talk , and especially write and publish against slavery . They feel more or less , the ...
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... taking things as they are , no- thing will have a more direct tendency to avert the danger and lead to its final removal , than temperate , but free and full discussion of the whole matter . This opinion , LETTER III . 27.
... taking things as they are , no- thing will have a more direct tendency to avert the danger and lead to its final removal , than temperate , but free and full discussion of the whole matter . This opinion , LETTER III . 27.
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Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, Virginia John D. Paxton Vista completa - 1833 |
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Página 53 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Página 74 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Página 69 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Página 99 - And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows...
Página 73 - For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward...
Página 106 - Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Página 75 - If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Página 112 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of My 'wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Página 69 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Página 111 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
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