The African Abroad: Or, His Evolution in Western Civilization, Tracing His Development Under Caucasian Milieu, Volume 2 |
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A. M. E. Church Africa Alexander Alexander Crummell Amenhotep Amenhotep III American Negro ancient anti-slavery army Aryan Askia Baptist became Bishop Booker born Boston brilliant Brown century character Charles Sumner civilization College Colonel Conn Crummell DuBois editor Egypt Egyptian elected England Europe fact famous father force France Frederick Douglass French genius George graduate Greek Gregoire Grimke Hamitic Hart Hausas Haven Hayti Haytien Henry Henry Diaz honor Howard University human intellectual James John Keane King late leader Lewis Hayden living master Mediterranean Mediterranean race Miss mulatto Napoleon National native Negro blood Negro race Nord Alexis North orator pastor personality Philadelphia Phyllis Wheatley poet political population preacher president Professor regard Republican says scholar School Sierra Leone slavery slaves Society soldiers Soudan South Carolina Southern Thothmes tion to-day Toussaint L'Ouverture United University Washington West Wilberforce University William Yale York City
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Page 963 - L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the whistling Rustic tend his plough Within thy hearing, or thy head be now Pillowed in some deep dungeon's earless den ; — O miserable Chieftain ! where and when Wilt thou find patience ? Yet die not; do thou Wear rather in thy bonds a cheerful brow : Though fallen thyself, never to rise again, Live, and take comfort. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee ; air, earth, and skies There 's not a breathing of the common...
Page 730 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 707 - He (Harriet) is the most of a man, naturally, that I ever met with. There is the most abundant material, and of the right quality, in this quarter, beyond all doubt. Do not forget to write Mr. Case (near Rochester) at once about hunting up every person and family of the reliable kind about, at, or near Bedford, Chambersburg, Gettysburg, and Carlisle, in Pennsylvania...
Page 685 - Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic die.
Page 958 - His great sobriety, — the power of living without repose, — the facility with which he resumes the affairs of the cabinet, after the most tiresome excursions, — of answering daily a hundred letters, — and of habitually tiring five secretaries — render him so superior to all around him, that their respect and submission almost amount to fanaticism.
Page 972 - But never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration ; never saw even an elementary trait of painting or sculpture.
Page 721 - That no person shall set up or establish in this State any school, academy, or literary institution for the instruction or education of colored persons, who are not inhabitants of this State...
Page 903 - In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
Page 666 - Thither a few white fugitives had already fled, and couriers might thence be despatched for aid to Richmond and Petersburg, unless promptly intercepted. Besides, he could there find arms, ammunition, and money; though they had already obtained, it is dubiously reported, from eight hundred to one thousand dollars. On the way it was necessary to pass the plantation of Mr. Parker, three miles from Jerusalem. Some of the men wished to stop here and enlist some of their friends. Nat Turner objected, as...
Page 703 - Grant, a seedylooking personage, having one hand tied round with a dirty cotton cloth. Mr. Garrison recognized him as a former pressman in the Liberator office. His thesis was that the blacks were not men, but belonged to the monkey tribe. His speech proved dull and tiresome, and was made sport of by his own set, whom Mr. Garrison had to call to order. There were now loud cries for Frederick Douglass, who came forward to where Rynders stood in the conspicuous position he had taken when he thought...