A Plea for Africa: Being Familiar Conversations on the Subject of Slavery and Colonization, [originally Published Under the Title " Yaradee"William Stavely, 1838 - 359 páginas |
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... whole sub- ject desirable , CONVERSATION XIV . The Federal government - Rights guaranteed by Constitution- Must not be infringed - District of Columbia - South sensitive -North censorious - All interested - Prudent measures recom ...
... whole sub- ject desirable , CONVERSATION XIV . The Federal government - Rights guaranteed by Constitution- Must not be infringed - District of Columbia - South sensitive -North censorious - All interested - Prudent measures recom ...
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... whole of Africa with the specimens she had seen , and to judge of the intellectual powers of all by the present degradation of the great portion of the Negro race in this country , that she had lost sight of so important facts , or at ...
... whole of Africa with the specimens she had seen , and to judge of the intellectual powers of all by the present degradation of the great portion of the Negro race in this country , that she had lost sight of so important facts , or at ...
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... whole continent that it " has lain , like some huge and passive victim , with darkness throned like an incubus upon its bosom , while every rep- tile of evil omen and hateful form has preyed undisturbed on its palsied extremities . " At ...
... whole continent that it " has lain , like some huge and passive victim , with darkness throned like an incubus upon its bosom , while every rep- tile of evil omen and hateful form has preyed undisturbed on its palsied extremities . " At ...
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... whole posterity of Ham then appear to have been signally the victims of misfortune and oppression ? ' They certainly have , my son . ' ' I have been running my eye over this Commentary , ' said C. , ' on the passage of scripture to ...
... whole posterity of Ham then appear to have been signally the victims of misfortune and oppression ? ' They certainly have , my son . ' ' I have been running my eye over this Commentary , ' said C. , ' on the passage of scripture to ...
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... whole continent of Africa . The more Henry and I examine into this subject , however , the more difficult it seems to determine satisfactorily and beyond the possibility of contradiction , which , if either , alone , of the sons of Ham ...
... whole continent of Africa . The more Henry and I examine into this subject , however , the more difficult it seems to determine satisfactorily and beyond the possibility of contradiction , which , if either , alone , of the sons of Ham ...
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A Plea for Africa: Being Familiar Conversations on the Subject of Slavery ... Frederick Freeman Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
A Plea for Africa, Being Familiar Conversations on the Subject of Slavery ... Frederick Freeman Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
abolition African race American Colonization Society ancient Anthony Benezet Ashmun Bassa Cove benevolence blessings bondage brethren Canaan Cape Palmas Caroline cause Christian colonies church ciety civilized coast of Africa colonists colored population commenced considered continued conversation Copts degraded distinguished duty efforts Egypt emancipation emigrants enterprise established Ethiopia fact father favor feel free blacks freedom friends give gospel Granville Sharp happy heart heathen heaven Henry honor hope human hundred influence interest labor land laws Liberia liberty ment mind missionary Mizraim Monrovia moral nations native negroes never New-York noble North object oppressed patriotism philanthropy portion prayer Prince proper racter regard religion religious instruction remarked respect Samuel John Mills Scripture sentiment settlement ship shores Sierra Leone slave-holding slave-trade slavery slaves soon South South Carolina southern spirit suppose thing thousand tion trade tribes United vessels Virginia whilst whole
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Página 239 - Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Página 78 - 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 earn'd.
Página 44 - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well...
Página 122 - Vainly, but well, that chief had fought, He was a captive now, Yet pride, that fortune humbles not, Was written on his brow. The scars his dark broad bosom wore Showed warrior true and brave; A prince among his tribe before, He could not be a slave.
Página 95 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Página 156 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it.
Página 240 - I stood under a large tree, on the side of it, and called to most of the inhabitants of the town, The kingdom of heaven is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.
Página 120 - Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection? Dwells in white and black the same.
Página 95 - Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally, into the minds of the people of this country. But I despair of seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the Assembly at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely obtain a reading.
Página 85 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.