Anti-slavery Monthly Reporter, Volume 1Zachary Macaulay Bagster and Thoms, 1827 - Antislavery movements |
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Page 35
... manager's presence with the handle of the whip by the driver Espe- rance . Nettelje and also Mietje were flogged the day before yesterday by the carpenter La Fleur ; they , with others , were weeding the dam ; they had made a fire to ...
... manager's presence with the handle of the whip by the driver Espe- rance . Nettelje and also Mietje were flogged the day before yesterday by the carpenter La Fleur ; they , with others , were weeding the dam ; they had made a fire to ...
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... manager of the estate takes her from him , although he has a wife of his own . He is always taking the Negroes ' wives , particularly his wife ( Felix's ; ) for she has had a child for him ; and since the child has been born , the manager ...
... manager of the estate takes her from him , although he has a wife of his own . He is always taking the Negroes ' wives , particularly his wife ( Felix's ; ) for she has had a child for him ; and since the child has been born , the manager ...
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... manager wanted my daughter Peggy . I said , ' No ' He followed her . I said , ' No. ' He asked her three times , I said , ' No. ' Manager asked me again Friday night . I refused . Saturday morning he flogged me . This thing hurt me ...
... manager wanted my daughter Peggy . I said , ' No ' He followed her . I said , ' No. ' He asked her three times , I said , ' No. ' Manager asked me again Friday night . I refused . Saturday morning he flogged me . This thing hurt me ...
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... manager , they were flogged and sent back , and the next day one of them was flogged again by the manager . ( p . 58. ) May , 27 1819 . Seven Negroes belonging to plantation Rose Hall , state as follows : — " That they all were engaged ...
... manager , they were flogged and sent back , and the next day one of them was flogged again by the manager . ( p . 58. ) May , 27 1819 . Seven Negroes belonging to plantation Rose Hall , state as follows : — " That they all were engaged ...
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... manager over- ruled the objection , and she went to pick coffee on her knees . When Zondag came to her , he said to the manager , This woman is big with child . The manager replied , " Give it to her till the blood flies out . " She was ...
... manager over- ruled the objection , and she went to pick coffee on her knees . When Zondag came to her , he said to the manager , This woman is big with child . The manager replied , " Give it to her till the blood flies out . " She was ...
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Page 100 - That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned.
Page 75 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Page 129 - That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his majesty's subjects.
Page 59 - A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS WHICH ARE COMMONLY ADVANCED against Parliamentary interference in behalf of the Negro slaves, with a statement of opinions which have been expressed on that subject by many of our most distinguished statesmen, including, Earl Grey, Earl of Liverpool, Lord Grenville, Lords Dudley and Ward, Lord Melville, Mr.
Page 128 - A REVIEW of some of the ARGUMENTS which are commonly advanced AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY INTERFERENCE in Behalf of the Negro Slaves, with a Statement of Opinions which have been expressed on that subject by many of our most distinguished Statesmen, including Earl Grey, Eail of Liverpool, Lord Grenville, Lord Dudley and Ward, Lord Melville, Mr.
Page 294 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart— It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Page 85 - There is something in the nature of absolute authority, in the relation between master and slave, which makes despotism in all cases, and under all circumstances, an incompetent and unsure executor even of its own provisions in favour of the objects of its power.
Page 267 - The act of the legislature, entitled 'An act for the encouragement, protection, and better government of slaves,' appears to have been considered, from the day it was passed until this hour, as a political measure to avert the interference of the mother country in the management of slaves.
Page 99 - Let then the British House of Commons do their part themselves. Let them not delegate the trust of doing it to those who cannot execute that trust fairly. Let the evil be remedied by an assembly of freemen, by the Government of...