A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States: With Reflections on the Practicability of Restoring the Moral Rights of the Slave, Without Impairing the Legal Privileges of the Possessor; and a Project of a Colonial Asylum for Free Persons of Colour: Including Memoirs of Facts on the Interior Traffic in Slaves, and on Kidnapping. Illustrated with Engravingsauthor., 1817 - 94 páginas |
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... effects , whether they partake of a like character with their cause or not , still exist . Domestic Slavery , however noxious a weed to the tree of liberty , has taken deep root in this highly favoured country ; -and men become slave ...
... effects , whether they partake of a like character with their cause or not , still exist . Domestic Slavery , however noxious a weed to the tree of liberty , has taken deep root in this highly favoured country ; -and men become slave ...
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... effects of the present system of slavery , upon the morals and prospects of the white population . On com- bining the facts which presented themselves , I was invo- luntarily led to this deduction : that the present mode , with ...
... effects of the present system of slavery , upon the morals and prospects of the white population . On com- bining the facts which presented themselves , I was invo- luntarily led to this deduction : that the present mode , with ...
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... effects upon the slaves themselves , and endeavor to prove that the pe- cuniary as well as the moral interests and rights of both parties , enjoin the expediency of adopting a different sys- tem of management . It has been urged , in ...
... effects upon the slaves themselves , and endeavor to prove that the pe- cuniary as well as the moral interests and rights of both parties , enjoin the expediency of adopting a different sys- tem of management . It has been urged , in ...
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... effect , an act of converting free- men into slaves ! This subject demands the serious attention of the government , and of every citizen , who , like Howard , the model of beneficence , is " a patriot of every clime . " Since the ...
... effect , an act of converting free- men into slaves ! This subject demands the serious attention of the government , and of every citizen , who , like Howard , the model of beneficence , is " a patriot of every clime . " Since the ...
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... effect . There are , notwithstanding , several individuals , so conscienciously opposed to selling men against their will , that the most unpardonable conduct will not induce men to do it ; and they prefer rejecting them , and letting ...
... effect . There are , notwithstanding , several individuals , so conscienciously opposed to selling men against their will , that the most unpardonable conduct will not induce men to do it ; and they prefer rejecting them , and letting ...
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Página 63 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 51 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 70 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.
Página 59 - It is not for us to inquire why, in the creation of mankind, the inhabitants of the several parts of the earth were distinguished by a difference in feature or complexion. It is sufficient to know that all are the work of an Almighty hand.
Página 63 - That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own ; and having pow'r T" enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
Página 41 - Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty, or scorn? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn?
Página 74 - I presumed to put my hand upon it. After this, some of them went away with my horse, and the remainder stood considering whether they should leave me quite naked, or allow me something to shelter me from the sun. Humanity at last prevailed: they returned me the worst of the two shirts, and a pair of...
Página 63 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.