The Anti-slavery ReporterThe Society, 1876 - Slavery New ser., v. 3-8 (1855-1860) include the 16th-21st annual reports of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society; v. 9-11 (1861-1863) include the 22nd-24th annual reports. |
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Page 245 - Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.
Page 219 - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so to them : for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Page 219 - Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Page 159 - I am directed by the Earl of Derby to transmit to you, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a...
Page 219 - ... the wicked shall be turned into hell, with all the nations that forget God.
Page 26 - Tell me not of rights — talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property.
Page 47 - To press forward to a great principle by breaking through every other great principle that stands in the way of its establishment; to force the way to the liberation of Africa by trampling on the independence of other states in Europe; in short, to procure an eminent good by means that are unlawful, is as little consonant to private morality as to public justice.
Page 26 - There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — — such as it was before the daring genius of Columbus pierced the night of ages, and opened to one world the sources of power, wealth, and knowledge ; to another, all unutterable woes ; — such...
Page 307 - In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present convention, and have affixed thereto their seals. " Done at Alexandria, this fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. " (LS) ('. Vivian, "(Ls) Chfriff.
Page 159 - You arc as to this to be guided by considerations of humanity, and these considerations must have fidl effect given to them whether your ship is on the high seas or within the territorial waters of a State in which slavery exists ; but in the latter case you ought, at the same time, to avoid conduct which may appear to be in breach of international comity and good faith.